Magical Sean Maguire keeps Cork City rolling

Shamrock Rovers 1 Cork City 2: Despite the day that was in it, it was the Shamrock that was left wilting in Tallaght as Cork City extended their grand parade at the top of the SSE Airtricity Premier Division table.

In truth, this was a game characterised more by error than class and one which, despite being under the cosh for long spells in the second- half, City won through a combination of collective resilience and the unerring eye for goal of Sean Maguire, who kept up his hot streak by scoring early and late to give the visitors all three points.

As the game kicked off on a wet and windy afternoon, both sides showed two changes from last Monday, Gearóid Morrissey in for the injured Greg Bolger and Stephen Dooley replacing Karl Sheppard for Cork while, for the home side, Roberto Lopes and Brandon Miele missed out, with David McAllister coming in and Graham Burke returning from suspension.