Sligo Rovers 2 Bohemians 1

Bohemians’ hopes of a clean sweep of domestic trophies this season ended with a surprise 2-1 defeat to Sligo Rovers at The Showgrounds.

Rovers had to come from behind after a rare slip from Gavin Peers had allowed Glenn Cronin to open the scoring for the visitors just before the break.

But man of the match Conor O’Grady pulled the home side level with a 67th minute tap-in after great work from Raffaele Cretaro.

And former Shamrock Rovers man Eoin Doyle won it for the home side, when O’Grady’s shot was deflected into his path on 71 minutes, and the winger made no mistake from six yards.

Bohs got the breakthrough on 43 minutes, with an uncharacteristic error by Peers, man of the match from the drawn match. His attempt to deal with a ball played in behind him lacked conviction, and Madden stole in to rob possession.

Richard Brush got down well to make a decent stop, but Cronin followed up and fired into the roof of the net past a defender on the line.

Bohs remained on top in the early stages of the second half and Paul Cook summoned Owen Morrison and Alan Keane from the bench to try and shake things up for his side on the hour-mark.

And it worked too, with Romuald Boco and Matthew Blinkhorn combining to release Cretaro into space on 67 minutes. The striker raced through and dragged Murphy out of his goal, before squaring for O’Grady to hit the net.

Jason Byrne snapped a half-chance over the top at the other end immediately after, but Rovers amazingly went ahead just four minutes later, when a corner dropped out to O’Grady at the edge of the area and his shot was deflected to Doyle in the box, with the former Shamrock Rovers man firing to the net.

Sligo Rovers: Richard Brush; Romuald Boco, Gavin Peers, Martin Camano (Alan Keane 65), Joe Kendrick; Brian Cash (Owen Morrison 62), Conor O’Grady (captain), Danny Ventre, Eoin Doyle; Matthew Blinkhorn, Raffaele Cretaro.

Bohemians: Brian Murphy; Mark Rossiter (Glen Crowe 89), Brian Shelley, Jason McGuinness (Anto Murphy 34), Conor Powell; Killian Brennan (Gary Deegan 81), Paul Keegan (captain), Glenn Cronin, Joseph Ndo; Paddy Madden, Jason Byrne.

Referee: Declan Hanney (Dublin).