City frustrated as Youths steal point

CORK CITY will be hoping their wastefulness in front of goal won’t come back to haunt them at the end of the season after substitute Tom Elmes’ injury-time equaliser saw Wexford Youths deny them all three points after late drama at Turner’s Cross last night.

Cork looked to have snatched all three points when Vincent Escude-Candau stroked home a last-minute penalty after Ian Turner was taken down in the box by Packie Holden but Elmes scored with his first touch two minutes into added time to put a major dent in City’s promotion bid.

Cork went into the game on the back of a five-game winning run and manager Tommy Dunne had to make one enforced change from the side that defeated Limerick in the EA Sports Cup semi-final last Monday. Davin O’Neill, injured in that game, was replaced by Daryl Horgan.