Zenit St Petersburg another proposition altogether for Dundalk

Oct 22, 2016, 00:04
Zenit St Petersburg another proposition altogether for Dundalk

Dundalk manager Stephen Kenny admitted his side had been left deflated by a punishing Europa League defeat as Zenit St Petersburg snatched a late 2-1 victory.

And so the first 45 came to a close, Zenit having seen plenty of the ball, but Dundalk the side who, from much less possession, had created the better chances to break the deadlock.

After an emphatic 3-0 win over Longford Town at the City Calling Stadium, the Lilywhites are now seven points clear of title-rivals Cork City, who suffered a surprise defeat to St Pat's at Richmond Park.

Stephen Kenny will be hoping for more in the second half.

Hamstrung midfielder Stephen O'Donnell has been ruled out for the clash at Dublin's Tallaght Stadium which will put the Irish underdogs top of Europa League Group D if they continue the recent winning streak.

But for a spell last night at Tallaght Stadium, Dundalk dreamed, leading for nearly 20 minutes thanks to a goal from Robbie Benson, while Zenit's travelling party dreaded the fate that would await them if they arrived home with a defeat to an Irish club.

"That happens and Zenit are a very good team - there is no doubt they are a Champions League team really".

Talent-heavy Zenit could afford to make light of a couple of no-shows of their own, with star names and experienced internationals Axel Witsel, Robert Mak and skipper Javi Garcia all present and correct in an attacking line-up spearheaded by Russia's Artem Dzyuba and Brazil's Giuliano.

Horgan now plays for Irish top flight club Dundalk United, who now hold a seven point lead atop the league with three matches remaining in the 2016 season.

In the second half, Shatov made the same mistake as Anyukov and Sava remained untested.

BRIAN KERR HAS labelled Dundalk's hectic schedule as "a ridiculous situation" and "grossly unfair" following their narrow 2-1 loss to Zenit tonight. They were unlucky not to go two goals up minutes later when Dane Massey's header hit the post. Dundalk now sit second in their group and a win would take their current run to four wins from four games in all competitions.

Sub Mauricio could have punished Dundalk again from the penalty spot but Sava's save denied him.

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