City let it slip in final minutes

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City were 2-0 up inside a frenetic opening 15 minutes thanks to a double from Greg O'Halloran only for Daryl Murphy to fire the Blues back into contention on 55 minutes before Murray put the ball past team-mate Michael Devine in the 93rd minute.

City had swept into a comfortable lead inside the first quarter hour. Kevin Doyle instigated both goals with crosses from the right flank, the first on three minutes as Greg O'Halloran fired in a header from the edge of the six-yard box, which Ireland U21 keeper Dan Connor did well to block at point-blank range. He did even better to stop George O'Callaghan's attempt from the rebound seconds later but could do nothing as O'Halloran made sure a moment after that with the third effort to open the scoring.