Jon Daly praises St Patrick Athletic's youthful resilience in Cup triumph

St Patrick's Athletic manager Jon Daly praised his side's resilience after their Sports Direct FAI Cup triumph over Bohemians this afternoon.

Pat's had to come from behind to claim a second Cup title in three seasons in front of another record crowd at the Aviva Stadium.

Jonny Afolabi's early penalty left them with work to do but they were level soon afterwards as Mark Doyle connected with a Jake Mulraney free-kick.

And it was another set-piece which saw them take the lead within three minutes of the resumption as Krystian Nowak could only direct another Mulraney free-kick past his own keeper.

Tommy Lonergan put the icing on the cake inside the last five minutes to hand Daly a first trophy in his six-month stint on the Emmet Road.

"They've gone a goal down today," he pointed out.

"It would have been very, very easy, in front of a massive crowd, to get into their shell but I think they stood up to it and got themselves back in off a set-play.

"It's two set-plays that swing the game on its head and give us the foothold to go forward and try and win the game.

"The crowd was sensational. Record-breaking numbers and it's how the players cope with that and they did it really well."

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