A brace from John Mountney a penalty from David McMillan and a great individual goal from Michael Duffy secured Dundalk's passage to the next round of the FAI at Oriel Park, the Candystripes would be ruing missed chances in what was an entertaining m
A brace from John Mountney a penalty from David McMillan and a great individual goal from Michael Duffy secured Dundalk's passage to the next round of the FAI at Oriel Park, the Candystripes would be ruing missed chances in what was an entertaining match.
The game was barely started when the hosts were ahead. A brilliant through ball by Patrick McEleney was sent into the path of Sean Gannon whose right sided cross was tapped in by John Mountney to open the scoring.
Dundalk continued to press for a second with Michael Duffy having five attempts on goal in succession all of which evaded the back of the net, The highlight of those coming on the 27th minute when we hit the post with a curling effort from a free kick which smashed off the upright with Doherty left stranded.
Dundalk did have a big let off when Ronan Curtis' curling free kick just went over the bar which silenced the home crowd. The second half continued as the first with Dundalk pressing on the front foot and got their second after a scramble in the box from a corner, McMillan was fouled and the referee pointed to the spot.
The Dundalk hit man smashed it to the roof of the net to extend Dundalk's lead. As the game wore on Dundalk continued to press and got rewards with a long range effort from Mountney flew past Doherty to give Dundalk's third on the night.
The goals were not finished when right on the stroke of full time if there was a player who deserved a goal it was Michael Duffy, he worked tirelessly all day with a brilliant run and finish from the man of the match. This was the kind of performance that Dundalk fans craved for to start their cup run. They will only focus on one game at a time but Stephen Kenny will have his sights set on the Aviva as a goal this season.
