Kian Moore stands tall as UCD earn parity against Cork City

On a sunny Bank Holiday Monday evening Cork City and UCD played out an entertaining scoreless draw with Students goalkeeper Kian Moore putting in a fine display for the visitors.

Cork City were the better team over the course of the entire game and will be very disappointed not to have made it count with a goal but despite a recent blot in form they maintain their place at the top of the table by nine points to this evening's visitors in second.

Goals between the sides have been at a premium this year with just one Cork City goal across three league fixtures the best that both sides have come up with this season.

UCD will have Moore to thank for a share of the spoils as his fine performance between the posts denied Cork City their first win in three games.

After a stop-start opening five minutes Conor Drinan carved open the first real chance of note for either side. The Cork City midfielder picked up the ball deep in the UCD half before dancing in between Finn and Verdon and powering an effort towards goal but it was rising from the minute he made contact and cleared the crossbar.

The lively Cian Bargary was at it from the off on the right wing and was a constant thorn in the side of the UCD defence all evening. Having lost for the first time this season on Friday night, Cork City kicked off like a team wanting to kick on and put the defeat behind them as quickly as possible but lacked any real end product of note.

They were unlucky not to take the lead on ten minutes as a typical training ground move almost paid off from a set piece. Jack Doherty pinged a corner straight out to the unmarked Sean Murray on the edge of the box who showed great technique in his wind up before stinging the palms of Moore in the UCD goal. Bargary