Stephen Kenny ‘proud of the effort' as St Pat's crash out of Conference League despite spirited comeback vs Besiktas
BESIKTAS 3(7)-2(3) ST PAT'S Stephen Kenny 'proud of the effort' as St Pat's crash out of Conference League despite spirited comeback vs Besiktas
SPIRITED St Pat's gave Besiktas a battle last night in Istanbul but it was not to be in terms of European progression.
The Saints led 2-0 just before the break thanks to goals from Conor Carty and Ryan McLaughlin.
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St Patrick's Athletic were knocked out of the Conference League by Besiktas
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They were denied a famous win in Turkey after going 2-0 up
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But the Turks responded through Demir Ege Tiknaz, Tammy Abraham and sub Joao Mario to win and go through 7-3 on aggregate.
Saints boss Stephen Kenny said: 'We're disappointed to lose.
'We felt we could have won the game at 2-0 up but I'm very proud of the effort they gave.'
Trailing 4-1 from last week's first leg, Kenny made changes with Sunday's FAI Cup clash with Shelbourne in mind.
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Jamie Lennon, Mason Melia, Chris Forrester and Simon Power dropped out.
But his makeshift side took the lead inside two minutes from a Carty penalty after VAR ruled that Jake Mulraney's cross was handled in the area by Gabriel Paulista.
Thirty minutes later, Barry Baggley sent a free-kick into the box where it was met by Carty.
The former Bolton man hooked the ball to Joe Redmond and his knockdown found McLaughlin, who doubled Saints' lead.
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Besiktas pulled one back on 43 minutes with Tiknaz scoring thanks to a wicked deflection off Saints skipper Redmond.
The hosts levelled on the night four minutes after the break when Abraham netted following Emirhan Topcu's cross.
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While Besiktas dominated the second half, the Saints were still a threat with sub Lennon heading over. But the visitors were undone in the 79th minute when former West Ham man Mario scored.
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Tammy Abraham (Besiktas)
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BESIKTAS: Gunok 6; Svensson 7, Paulista 5, Topcu 6, Jurasek 5 (Uduokhai h-t, 6); Tiknaz 7, Kokcu 6 (Mario 64, 7); Arroyo 5 (Muci h-t, 6), Rafa Silva 7, Rashica 6; Abraham 7 (Hekimoglu 64, 3 (Yilmaz 67, 6)).
ST PAT'S: Anang 6; Sjoberg 6, McLaughlin 7 (Grivosti 78, 6), Redmond 7, Turner 6, Kazeem 6; Baggley 7, Robinson 7 (Lennon 56, 6); Leavy 7 (Power 56, 6), Mulraney 7 (Forrester 67, 6); Carty 8 (Melia 56, 6).
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