Dundalk suffer narrow loss to Zenit

It probably says everything about what Dundalk are achieving this season that the overriding feeling at the end of this defeat to Zenit was one of acute disappointment.

Not relief that the Louth men had escaped some sort of hiding or admiration for a team’s plucky underdog spirit, but genuine disappointment that they had lost so narrowly after a superb performance against the highest ranked team in the Europa League.