Zalgiris punish sluggish St Pat’s

St Patrick’s Athletic 1 Zalgiris 2 (Zalgiris won 4-3 on aggregate)

The runaway Lithuanian league leaders will now meet Armenian side FC Pyunik in the second round as St Pat’s proud run of 11 games unbeaten in Europe in Inchicore was brought to a somewhat unexpected end.

Trailing 2-0 from early in the second half, St Pat’s rallied late on following a Killian Brennan penalty. But in truth Liam Buckley’s side played nothing near as well as they did in the first leg when taking home a 2-2 draw from Vilnius and can have few complaints.