Tiarnan Mulvenna hit a 90th minute winner to give Dundalk a 1-0 win over Derry City at the Brandywell last night.
The substitute’s late strike fired the Lilywhites right back into the title race following last week’s 3-2 defeat away to Limerick.
Dundalk probably had the better of the chances in the first half but it was Peter Cherrie who denied the home side the lead on 20 minutes when he denied Rory Patterson in a one-on-one situation.
The game looked to be heading towards a stalemate until a fantastic through ball from Eoghan Osborne found Mulvenna and with virtually his first touch he made no mistake in firing low past the outrushing Gerard Doherty.
Derry City: Doherty, Madden, Greacen, McBride, S McEleney; Deery (Rafter 39), Molloy, B McNamee; P McEleney (Kavanagh 30), Patterson, Duffy.
Dundalk: Cherrie, Boyle, Meehan (Mulvenna 89), Massey, Osborne; Dillon, Shields (McDonnell 46), Sullivan, Towell, Byrne, Hoban (Faherty 80).
Referee: Rob Rogers (Dublin).
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