The champions were made to work extremely hard for all three points over an impressive Sligo Rovers side.
SHAMROCK ROVERS EMERGED victorious in a thrilling end-to-end encounter at Tallaght in front of a crowd of 5,112, extending their unbeaten league run to nine games.
The champions were made to work extremely hard for all three points over an impressive Sligo Rovers side who on another night might have tjaaken more from the game.In the battle of the hotshots – league top scorer Max Mata versus the man whose scoring boots he has been filling quite comfortably, Johnny Kenny – It was the Irish U21 who came out on top netting the opener – with the former being well marshalled by man-of-the-match Roberto Lopes.
To their credit, the visitors responded well and pinned The Hoops back for the majority of the first half, with Mata having two good chances by his own high standards but failed to hit the target with either volley from the edge of the area. With talk of a new offer on the table, Jack Byrne showed no signs of distraction as he created the second, slipping in Trevor Clarke on the inside left channel who made no mistake smashing the ball low under McNicholas.Sligo Rovers halved the deficit just minutes later though, when ex-Hoops midfielder Greg Bolger saw his strike deflect off the heels of Roberto Lopes and fly past Mannus, setting up an exciting final quarter of an hour.
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