Ten-man Galway United maintain unbeaten run against below-par Bohemians

Galway were away from home, played for the last third of the game with 10 men and had their manager serving a touchline ban but they brushed aside all of those factors to engineer a win, extending their unbeaten run to six games with a hugely impressive return of five clean sheets in that time.

Maurice Nugent scored the only goal of the game on 18 minutes, a strike which the Gypsies' Polish keeper Kacper Chorazka will want to forget as will the home fans in the 4,101 attendance.

This was the worst Bohs display of Alan Reynolds' time as manager but that's not to take away from a Galway side guided by assistant Ollie Horgan as boss John Caulfield serves his suspension.

Their tight back four and superior midfield restricted a sub-par Bohs to just one real attempt on goal, as even sustained pressure from Bohs in the final 15 minutes yielded nothing.

The home side just never got going while United looked at ease in Dalymount Park and it was no shock when Galway took the lead on 19 minutes with the first real chance of the game.

Reynolds and his staff will be horrified at the soft nature of the goal, Maurice Nugent given far too much space out on the left as he ghosted past Connolly and sent in a shot which Chorazka appeared to have saved but he somehow palmed the ball over the line to give Nugent his first goal of the season.

There was more concern for the home support on 33 minutes when the impressive Stephen Hurley was taken down on the edge of the box by Aboubacar Keita, leading to a yellow card for the American defender and free kick which Hurley took but wasted.

Bohs were way off the pace and it took until the last minute of the first half for them to mount any sort of an attempt on goal, defender Paddy Kirk with a shot from the edge of the box after his corner kick was deflected back to him but Brendan Clarke made the save look easy, while at the other end Karl O'Sullivan almost nicked a second in injury-time but Chorazka managed to make the save.

Reynolds was ruthless with three half-time changes which led to a formation change, James Akintunde pushed out wide to make way for Filip Piszczek but the story remained the same as Galway looked comfortable and in control.

There was a chink of light for Bohs when Galway were reduced to 10 men on 57 minutes, winger Karl O'Sullivan dismissed for two bookable offences but Bohs struggled to make the most of the one-man advantage.

They had the bulk of possession but 10-man Galway stood firm. Everything about Bohs lacked conviction, illustrated on 71 minutes when James Clarke did well to create a chance with a cross into the box but the header from Akintude lacked power and was far too soft a save for Clarke.

Bohs emptied the bench, with Keita an injury casualty but Galway had a response, veteran Conor McCormack called off the bench for the last 20 minutes to keep that grip on midfield.

Tensions flared right at the start of eight minutes of added time after a crunching tackle by Paddy Kirk on Jeannot Eusa, that incident taking place right in front of the Galway dugout and their supporter and while Kirk was booked, United assistant Horgan was also shown a yellow.

That spell of added time brought no more goals, the moods summed up by the noise with boos from the home support and sheer joy from the away fans.

Bohemians: Chorazka; Lilander (Matheson 46), Mills, Keita (McDaid 65), Kirk; McDonnell, Flores; Connolly (Piszczek 46), Clarke (Reinkort 78), Grant (Miller 46); Akintunde.

Galway United: Clarke; Esua, Brouder, Slevin, Kazeem (O'Keeffe 78); O'Sullivan, Hurley (Gaxha 78), Hickey (McCormack 70), Nugent (Borden 54), McCarthy; Walsh.

Referee: P Norton.