Dundalk were hosting Shamrock Rovers tonight at Oriel Park in what promised to be a potentially difficult task for last year's league runners-up.
After a tight but entertaining first-half ended scoreless, Stephen Kenny's men opened up the scoring through Robbie Benson early into the second-half.
Yet, barely 10 minutes had passed before Chris Shields caught out an unsuspecting Rovers 'keeper - not a goal he will look back on fondly.
Not that it bothered Shields all that much.
It's 2-0 to Dundalk - Chris Shields https://t.co/4abTwmu4QM #RTEsoccer pic.twitter.com/bR8eGorMWe
— Soccer Republic (@SoccRepublic) April 6, 2018
Shamrock Rovers' 'keeper won't be too happy with the nature of the breakthrough goal from Robbie Benson either.
Benson breaks the deadlock https://t.co/4abTwmu4QM #RTEsoccer pic.twitter.com/KoDmh0wTwO
— Soccer Republic (@SoccRepublic) April 6, 2018
Chris fucking Shields ⚫️⚪️
— Ross kehoe (@Rosskehoe) April 6, 2018
Chris Shields with a bizarre goal for Dundalk. Rovers' goalkeeping woes highlighted once again.
— Mark McCadden (@markmccadden) April 6, 2018
Chris Shields should do the Lottery this week. His luck is most definitely in. #LOI
— Gerard Cassidy (@gerardcassidy) April 6, 2018
Although Shamrock Rovers pulled a goal back, it finished 2-1 in Dundalk.
