Johnny Kenny earns Rovers deserved win at home to Derry City

Gavin Cooney reports from Tallaght Stadium Shamrock Rovers 1 Derry City 0 SHAMROCK ROVERS REACHED the halfway point of the season with a deserved win at home to title rivals Derry City , even if all continue to trail in Shelbourne’s wake.

Kenny made a sparkling start, battling to win the ball on the halfway line and skating clear, coolly rounding Brian Maher before he was denied a stunning solo goal by Adam O’Reilly’s goal-line block. That was after only two minutes: call it Kenny’s signal of intent. Advertisement That proved to be one of a series of missed chances for Rovers, who should have been out of sight at half-time. Some of their football flowed beautifully: Neil Farrugia dummied the ball to set himself away down the right and then exchanged a one-two with Darragh Nugent before chopping back and seeing a shot deflected into Maher’s arms.

Higgins expressed his opinion of his side’s first-half performance by hooking Dummigan and Ciaran Coll for Patrick McEleney and Sam Todd: they succeeded in at least making the early stages of the second half more even. Rovers continued to have the better chances, however, and Byrne’s delightful pass sent Burke through on a counter-attack, but Todd recovered brilliantly to force Burke’s shot into the side-netting.

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