High-flying Dundalk go 10 points clear

Dundalk 4 St Patrick’s Athletic 1: Dundalk took a massive step towards retaining the league title by moving 10 points clear at the top of the table following a demolition job on St Patrick’s Athletic at Oriel Park last night. 

Stephen Kenny’s side showed just why they are champions with a scintillating first-half display that brought the visitors nine match winning run crashing to an end. With Shamrock Rovers beating second placed Cork City 3-0 in Tallaght earlier in the evening, it means the Louth men take a huge lead into the final eight matches of the campaign.

Dundalk hit the front after just six minutes when Brian Gartland headed home a Daryl Horgan corner and they had doubled their advantage by the 12th minute when Ronan Finn set McMillan away to slot past Brendan Clarke.