Cork left shattered as Twigg pounces

Before kick off, you could be pretty sure that Cork City would have taken a draw with reigning Airtricity League champions Shamrock Rovers.

But, in the immediate aftermath, it must have felt more like a defeat for the Leesiders, as ace Hoops marksman Gary Twigg poached an equaliser deep into time added on to cancel out an earlier freak goal by Gavin Kavanagh which had Cork dreaming of three points right up to what proved to be the bitter end.

Credit must go to the visitors, however, for refusing to give up, even after they had been reduced to 10 men when Conor Powell was shown a harsh red with just over 10 minutes left in normal time.