Doyle double sees Saints sink Students

Eoin Doyle scored twice to give St Patrick's Athletic a hat-trick of wins over bottom side UCD who had both manager Andy Myler and his assistant Willie O’Connor sent to the stand.

Despite dominating the ball for much of the first half, St Pat's had goalkeeper Joseph Anang to thank for not finding themselves behind at the interval.

Saints' passing game stretched UCD early on, testing Kian Moore for the first time on 11 minutes.

Anto Breslin and Mark Doyle worked the ball to Darragh Burns who skipped between two defenders to force a save from the College keeper.

Though continuing to enjoy all the possession, the home side were labouring to hurt UCD in the final third.

Eoin Doyle got his first sight of goal on 21 minutes, turning smartly from a Sam Curtis cross to force a corner off defender Eric Yoro.

But Saints survived a scare on 26 minutes from UCD’s first foray forward, Dara Keane just failing to get a decent connection to an Evan Osam cross.

Service soon resumed at the other end. A mistake by Sam Todd gifted the ball to opposite skipper Chris Forrester whose attempted chip was grasped by Moore.

The UCD keeper wasn’t so assured minutes later, coming for but failing to collect Joe Redmond’s looping ball into his area.

Mark Doyle failed to capitalise, hooking the loose ball over the bar.

Moore was better on 34 minutes, tipping Mark Doyle’s stooping header from McClelland’s corner over the top.

Eoin Doyle provided a reprieve from the pressure on the UCD goal when shooting wide from close in from McClelland’s fifth corner of the game.

Anang wasn’t worked until the 39th minute, tipping over Dylan Duffy’s header from a Donal Higgins free kick.

The St Pat’s keeper then had to produce a double save in stoppage time when UCD carved Saints