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Offaly beat Dublin 0-11 to 0-8 in last night's O'Byrne Cup clash in Parnell Park. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/InphoCity have crashed out of the League Cup, losing 2-0 to Southampton
, leaving the competition wide open. Pep Guardiola fielded an understrength side for the quarter-final clash, and his City team failed to recover from first-half goals from Saints pair Sekou Mara and Moussa Djenepo. Holders Liverpool and league leaders Arsenal were both already knocked out in previous rounds. In the night’s other quarter-final Dean Henderson was Nottingham Forest’s hero in shoot-out win over Wolves.
Offaly enjoyed their first senior football win over Dublin since 2000 last night, beating Dessie Farrell’s young team 0-11 to 0-8 to qualify for the O’Byrne Cup semi-finals. Longford played out a 0-10 to 1-7 draw against Meath which also sees them qualify for the semi-finals. Derry and Tyrone both progress to the Dr McKenna Cup semi-finals after a draw. For a round-up of last night’s games click
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