John Caulfield: 'The only record I want is to win the league'

If there was already a gripping battle on the pitch for league honours, Dundalk manager Stephen Kenny raised the ante off it with his questioning of Cork City’s penalty count.

While bemoaning his own club’s lack of penalty calls — including one at Turner’s Cross in the defeat to Cork — he also hit out at the high number of penalties the Leesiders have picked up in the same period.

Ironically, the penalty decision Sean Maguire earned in Cork’s 2-1 win at Shamrock Rovers was also the goal Maguire this week cited as his personal favourite of the campaign, as it dug out an important win for City when they hadn’t played so well.