The goal came after 33 minutes when McGoldrick reacted smartly to tap in after international team-mate John Egan’s looping header had come back off the crossbar. Defeat was a significant blow for Preston’s play-off ambitions and Alan Browne felt refereeing decisions at key moments went against his side. “We are in the real business end now and to lose games like this is obviously a setback,” former Ireland boss O’Neill conceded. There was just one Irish scorer in League Two, Jamie Devitt scoring after just 31 seconds as Carlisle beat Bury 3-2. And in the Scottish Premiership, a double from Daryl Horgan inspired Hibernian to a 2-1 derby win over Hearts.

Source: Irish Examiner April 08, 2019 04:30 UTC