FINN HARPS MANAGER Ollie Horgan was a relieved man to see his team hold on for a point against Bohemians last night.
Ciaran Gallagher’s penalty save from Anto Murphy deep into injury time at the end saw Harps emerge with a scoreless draw to show for their efforts from a pretty drab encounter.
Picture caption: Finn Harps goalkeeper Ciaran Gallagher saves a penalty from Bohemians’ Anto Murphy. Picture by Gary Foy, newsandsportfiles
A good opening for Paddy Kavanagh, the Bohemians winger, in the first half aside, it was a game of little incident, but the draw keeps Harps ahead of The Gypsies in seventh spot.
[adrotate group=”43″]“Bohs will be the most disappointed team after missing the penalty,” Horgan said.
“It was a game of very few chances. Paddy Kavanagh had the best chance of the game.
“It was a game of set pieces, free kicks, corners and throw-ins. To be fair to Bohs, you have to hand it to their battling quality and probably feel a little hard done by.
[adrotate group=”62″]“The game was open in the second half; a little bit too open for my liking.”
On the penalty and the subsequent save, Horgan said his players were insistent that Ciaran Coll hadn’t fouled Roberto Lopes, the feeling in the Harps dressing room that justice had been done.
Horgan said: “Ciaran had a good game all the way through. He came up and guessed right. It looked a clear-cut penalty, but the players are adamant that it wasn’t. So be it, he saved the penalty.”
Barry Molloy came through 90 minutes, the former Derry City midfielder starting for the first time since the 2-1 win over Derry in March.
[adrotate group=”50″]Horgan said: “Barry got through the game and it’s great to have him back. We never really had him to know what we were missing. We need Barry. We need everybody.”
Last night’s game drew an end to the first series of fixtures, after which Harps are in a pretty good position of having taken 12 points from their 11 games.
[adrotate group=”37″]Horgan said: “Positive in that we’ve worked very hard. Tonight was probably our poorest performance and we got a point. We didn’t play well at all and we ended up with a point. Starts don’t count for anything – it’s where we are in 22 games’ time.”
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