Derry City drop four points behind pacesetters Shelbourne after losing out 1-0 to Shamrock Rovers at Tallaght Stadium.
Derry City fell to a 1-0 defeat to Shamrock Rovers at Tallaght Stadium thanks to Johnny Kenny’s early goal.
The Candystripes went searching for their second win in Dublin in four days as they carried a six-match unbeaten run to Tallaght, with their last defeat also coming against Rovers at the Brandywell last month. That was merely a sighter for the former Celtic striker as he would have his goal just four minutes later. He reacted quickest to slam home after Maher parried Graham Burke’s rasping drive. Ruaidhri Higgins will have been pleased with City's response as O’Reilly and Will Patching both came close with long-range strikes.Kenny was tormenting the Derry defence once more on 18 minutes and a rash sliding challenge from captain Cameron McJannett sent him tumbling in the box with a penalty awarded.
City improved after the restart but, once more, it was the hosts with a good chance on the hour mark. Byrne played in Burke, who streaked away from the defence only to fire his shot into the side netting.
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