First Division: Cork go top, Bray grab first points

Cork City made it back-to-back wins for the first time this season and it was enough to send them to the top of the SSE Airtricity League first division as they defeated Munster and title rivals Waterford 2-0 at Turner's Cross on Monday night.

A smart Ruairí Keating finish and a Darragh Power own goal - both in the space of three first-half minutes - earned City the three points that sends them above Waterford and into first place albeit on goal difference.

After a quiet opening 14 minutes to the game, despite the noise coming from packed home and away end which combined for a crowd of 3,012, the game sparked into life on the quarter of an hour mark as City took the lead.

The pitch at the Cross has seen better days - it's perhaps still recovering from the Cork derby played here just 72 hours earlier - but that could also be cutting captain Eddie Nolan slack as he failed to control Kevin Joshua’s back pass.

Either way, Ruairí Keating was alive to the loose ball and kept his composure when bearing down on goal, allowing him to slot past the onrushing Brian Murphy, who got a touch on it but couldn’t keep it out.

Things got even better for the home side as they doubled their lead just three minutes later with Keating again heavily involved.

The number nine beat his marker to Barry Coffey’s long pass down the right flank and cut into the penalty area. He looked to set up Cian Murphy in front of goal but Darragh Power appeared to stop it from reaching him and could only turn it into the back of his own net in the process.

Waterford failed to recover before the interval and City could have added more to their tally but neither Barry Coffey nor Cian Bargary could hit the target with their efforts from the edge of the penalty area.

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