Bray Wanderers 1-3 Bohemians

Bohemians gave the watching Salzburg scouts a taste of things to come as they remain top of the League of Ireland Premier Division.

The Austrians were running the rule over the Dalymount Park
unit at the Carlisle Grounds ahead of their Champions
League qualifier.

They even saw bottom of the table Bray take a first half lead.

But Pat Fenlon's men turned on the style to come from behind and
record their fourth win in their last five top flight games.

With Derry losing to Dundalk, the Gypsies now hold a four point
cushion over the Candystripes.

Somewhat against the run of play, the Seagulls went ahead in the 28th minute.

Paddy Kavanagh swung over a free from the left wing. It was flicked on and dropped just outside the six-yard box. After some hesitation, Conor Powell tried to clear, but miscued. The ball
fell to Chris Shields, who mishit a volley into the ground and it bobbled into the corner of the net.

It was a complete turnaround for the 19-year-old, whose last appearance for the Green and Whites ended somewhat differently.

Against Bluebell United in the FAI Cup, he was dismissed while being stretched off the pitch and taken to hospital with a hip injury.

But the Wicklow club's joy was short-lived as the away side levelled in the 42nd minute.

Celtic's on-loan Graham Carey ghosted in-field on the right flank and his slide-rule pass set-up Graham Deegan to fire past Chris O'Connor from ten yards for his second league score of the campaign.

It could have been ever better by the interval for the defending champions.

Australian Olympian O'Connor did brilliantly to turn Jason Byrne's
volley on the turn out for a corner.

After two more flag kicks from the same attack, Joseph Ndo flighted a deep cross, where Killian Brennan's drive was superbly palmed out by the Bray custodian.

It took the Dubliners only eight minutes of the second period to complete the comeback.

Deegan's neat through ball was matched by Jason Byrne's fine reverse pass.

It ended with Deegan going down under David O'Neill's challenge
inside the box.

Top-scorer Byrne stepped up to convert his fifth penalty success and take his tally to 15 for the season.

It got better in the 61st minute for the Phibsboro team.

Carey whipped in a free from the right wing left footed, and Killian
Brennan lost his marker to poke in from close range at the front post.

The only sour note for the current holders arrived in the 77th for
the impressive Deegan.

Having been booked in the 37th minute for a foul on Kavanagh, the same pair tangled with 13 minutes remaining, and the midfielder harshly picked up his second tallow card off referee Neil Doyle.

Bray Wanderers: O'Connor: Pender, Foran, Brennan, Knight (Forsyth 82 mins); Kavanagh, O'Neill, Shields, McCabe; Paul Byrne, Kelly (Coughlan 75 mins).

Bohemians: Murphy; Heary, Shelley, Oman, Powell; Carey, Cronin (Keegan 52 mins), Deegan, Brennan (Madden 72); Ndo, Jason Byrne (Rossiter 81 mins).

Referee: Neil Doyle (Dublin).