Bohemians manager Keith Long rues red-card reprieve for Shamrock Rovers

A single goal from Rory Gaffney decided Friday night's Dublin derby in favour of Shamrock Rovers.

But Bohemians manager Keith Long thought things might have turned differently in Tallaght had the hosts' Sean Kavanagh been shown an eighth-minute red card for what looked a professional foul on Promise Omochere.

"I'd like to see it back, I haven’t seen it back clearly, but Promise looks like he was clear and was taken down by Kavanagh," Long told RTÉ Sport.

"I know it’s a long way from goal so there might be mitigating factors that I’m not aware of from the officials but it looked like Promise was clear in on goal.

"A lot of pitch to travel but it looked like it was a sending-off offence in my view. "Who knows what may have happened then after…"

17mins SHA 0-0 BOH No score yet in the Dublin derby. Sean Kavanagh got yellow for this challenge. Should it have been red? #rtesoccer