Bohemians come back from the dead yet again as Sean Grehan scores 90th minute winner to stun St Patrick's Athletic
BOHEMIANS came back from the dead for the second time in four days with their defenders their best form of attack.
Just as they had against
1
Sean Grehan celebrates after scoring Bohemians' winning goal against St Pat's
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This time it was Sean Grehan who bagged the decisive goal, in the seventh minute of stoppage time,
stabbing
the ball home in a goalmouth scramble after St Pat's failed to deal with a Dayle Rooney free-kick.
It was a case of zero to hero for Grehan who had conceded the penalty from which Chris Forrester had given the visitors the lead at Dalymount Park midway through the first half.
That was cancelled out by Grehan's central defensive partner Rob
Cornwall
who headed home Archie Meekison's cross after his initial corner had not been cleared.
As if that was not enough drama, in between the two Bohs goals, their former full-back Anto Breslin was sent off for a second yellow card whilst the hosts had a stonewall penalty appeal turned down after Ross Tierney had been sent sprawling by Luke Turner.
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Incredibly, despite losing half of their 12 games, Bohs are just two points off joint leaders
Galway
United, with St Pat's slipping to third.
And with two dramatic Dublin derby wins in quick
succession
, there has been a serious mood change at the Phibsborough club
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But the 18-year-old was outmuscled all too easily by Axel Sjoberg in the build-up to St Pat's taking the lead.
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There were no immediate appeals for handball when his crossl struck Grehan but Damien MacGraith pointed to the spot.
Chris Forrester did not need to be asked twice and the former Bohs man coolly dispatched his penalty past Kacper Chorazka to give his side the lead midway through the half.
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Whatever about the decision itself, St Pat's had been the better side in that opening quarter.
Bohs' defence have been guilty of backing off and not putting a foot in more than once this season and it looked as if that trait would cost them once again here.
A fine turn by Mason Melia sent him on his way with Grehan shadowing him without looking like he was going to make a tackle but, ultimately, he exerted enough pressure on him for the St Pat's
striker
not to get a clean shot away with Chorazka gathering.
Grehan's partner at the back, Leigh Kavanagh, was off the pitch through injury by the time Bohs fell behind, with Rob Cornwall sent on in his place.
The first time St Pat's looked in trouble was of their own making but Joseph Anang eventually managed to play his way out of trouble under pressure from Colm Whelan and Tierney.
And Bohs' only real threat before falling behind was when Whelan picked out Rooney with a lovely through-ball. His first cutback was blocked with Anang gathering the second.
UPPING THE TEMPO
They did up the tempo after falling behind with Tierney having a volley blocked whilst
Jordan
Flores and Whelan combined well to set up Niall Morahan but his low shot was clawed out of the bottom corner by Anang.
St Pat's weathered that storm and finished the half strongly, with Cornwall throwing himself in front of a Melia shot after another menacing run before Sean Hoare went close with a header from a corner.
Both teams made a change at the break with Forrester replaced by Barry Baggley and James Clarke coming on for John Mountney.
Brennan's evening was cut short just after he had been beaten in the air by Anto Breslin with club captain Keith Buckley on in his place.
St Pat's responded by introducing Turner and switching to a five-man defence as they sought to keep Bohs at bay.
It looked as though they had until Bohs again came good at the death.
SUN
STAR
MAN
: Ross Tierney (Bohemians)
BOHEMIANS
: Chorazka 7; Mountney 5 (Clarke 46, 6), Kavanagh 6 (Cornwall 19, 7), Grehan 7, Flores 6; Morahan 6, McManus 6 (Meekison 77, 7); Tierney 8, Rooney 8, Brennan 6 (Buckley 57, 6); Whelan 7.
ST PAT'S
: Anang 8; Sjoberg 7, Hoare 6, Redmond 6, Breslin 5; Lennon 7, Forrester 6 (Baggley 46, 6); Elbouzedi 6 (Kavanagh 84, 5), Leavy 6 (Mulraney 84, 5) McClelland 6 (Turner 60, 4); Melia 6 (Carty 77, 4).
REFEREE
: D MacGraith (Mayo) 5
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