St Patrick's Athletic keep pressure on Shamrock Rovers after edging out Bohemians

St. Patrick's Athletic earned a 1-0 win over Bohemians at Dalymount Park to grab bragging rights and a hard fought three points in brutal conditions.

The result takes them level with Derry City in second and put pressure on Shamrock Rovers who sit just three points ahead atop the SSE Airtricity Men's Premier Division table, albeit with a game in hand for the champions.

A total of 4,084 brave souls watched on as second half goals from Mark Doyle and Conor Carty did the damage versus Bohs, to potentially land a huge psychological blow ahead of next month's FAI Cup showpiece between the two Dublin rivals.

Special mention to the ground staff at Dalymount who deserve huge credit for ensuring the game even went ahead, having earlier in the day seen both UCD and Shamrock Rovers' home games fall by the wayside thanks to the weather conditions.

The home side started well, forcing a number of set-pieces but failed to make the breakthrough and almost fell behind midway through the first half.

The talismanic Chris Forrester was cleverly played through on goal on the inside left channel but, just as he pulled the trigger, was met by the big frame of James Talbot who stood up bravely until the last second.

Saints keeper, Dean Lyness, was certainly the busier of the two goalkeepers from then on, pulling off two world class saves to keep his side level.

First, Bohs right back Bartlomiej Kukulowicz lined up a free kick from 20-yards that looked destined for the top corner only to be denied at the last second from the fingertips of the English stopper.

Minutes later, the 32-year-old showed all the agility of a keeper half his age to pull Adam McDonnell's header out of the same top corner, with some inside the ground thinking the ball was destined