Hoops escape siege in Derry

DERRY CITY halted Rovers 100% start to the season at the Brandywell last night, but Michael O’Neill will have been the happier of the two managers afterwards.

For Derry, it was a case of what should have been as they dominated a pulsating second half in which they penned the Hoops into their own half for long periods but failed to beat Rovers’ keeper, Alan Mannus.

With both teams opting to play fluent football from the outset, it was Derry who created the better scoring chances in what was an end-to-end first half.