City show class and character to consolidate grip on top spot

Cork City 2 Bohemians 1

Having dominated almost threequarters of the contest, the home side had to sweat out a nervous last quarter after Dominic Foley’s goal for the visitors, but three points were ample reward for a performance of some style.

The game opened at a breakneck pace and after only five minutes there was a pair of unacknowledged penalty appeals at both ends, when Roy O’Donovan for City and then Stephen Ward for Bohs tumbled to the turf.