St Pat's advance in Europe

Krylia Sovetov 3 St Patrick’s Athletic 2 (3-3 on aggregate. St Pat’s win on away goals)

Declan O’Brien worked the oracle yet again as St Pat's came from 3-0 down at the Metallurg Stadium in Samara to give the club the greatest victory in their history.

Given the nature of the opposition, defeating the Russians over two legs must also go down as one of the biggest wins by a League of Ireland side in Europe of all time.

O’Brien, known as “Fabio”, scored St Pat’s crucial second goal with 11 minutes to play to put them through to tomorrow’s play-off round draw in Geneva, one step away from the group stage.

The 30-year-old Dubliner has had an amazing run of goalscoring form since arriving on loan from Dundalk last month, scoring in each of St Pat's four Europa League games.

Despite winning the first leg 1-0 at Richmond Park, St Pat's getting through is all the more remarkable given they trailed 3-0 after 57 minutes.

Anton Bober had given Krylia a half-time lead when shooting past Gary Rogers from the just outside the box.

Striker Evgeni Savin then hit a quick fire brace on 53 and 57 minutes to appear to have Krylia cruising.

However a shot from Stuart Byrne was deflected into his own bet by midfielder Bober to give Saints hope on 73 minutes.

O’Brien then stunned the home crowd by scoring to make it 3-2 on the night four minutes later and Jeff Kenna's side held out to complete an amazing comeback and achieve a truly remarkable result.