Saints boss Stephen Kenny heaps praise on Joe Redmond's 'high level'

St Patrick's Athletic manager Stephen Kenny hailed the role played by his captain Joe Redmond after the in-form Saints prevailed 3-2 against Shelbourne in a thrilling Tolka Park encounter that could ultimately decide where the league title ends up.

St Pat's have now won five on the bounce, with Kenny's road warriors accounting for both Shels and Shamrock Rovers on their most recent travels.

Substitute Al-Amin Kazeem proved the St Pat's hero, bagging the 88-th minute winner in a 3-2 victory in a move that had seen the nascent talent that is Mason Melia strike the post after good work by Zack Elbouzedi.

Shelbourne and St Pat's both have four league encounters remaining, with the latter trailing Damien Duff's side in the title race by seven points, not that Kenny is countenancing a league crown.

"Unfortunately, there aren't enough games," the Saints supremo said of an outcome that is mathematically possible, but improbable.

"If you said before the weekend - Shamrock Rovers away, Shelbourne away - that you're going to take six points and score six goals... but we've been averaging that in all our recent games.

"The players were brilliant, I thought Shelbourne were very good, they were excellent, to come back from 2-0 to 2-2, two excellent goals from their point of view. They were very good.

"But away from home, being on the receiving end of throwing a two-goal lead away and then you come back and get the winner, that speaks volumes for the group.

"There was a lot of good play, Zac down the right for Mason, brilliant, done it on his left foot, and then Al-Amin scoring the goal. It was a great way to win it."

Captain Joe Redmond's primary role may be in defence, but he has proven himself adept at popping up with important goals and