The Cape Verde international scored the only goal of the game at Tallaght Stadium.
SHAMROCK ROVERS REMAIN top of the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division table after recording a narrow 1-0 win over Dundalk at Tallaght Stadium tonight.
Having won just once in their last nine outings, Rovers continued to threaten, and Rory Gaffney’s angled effort had to be gathered at the second attempt by Nathan Shepperd. Right on the half-hour mark, it was Johannes Yli-Kokko who played in Daniel Kelly, whose powerful goalbound shot was crucially blocked out by Rovers defender Lee Grace.
Four minutes into the second period, skipper Daryl Horgan slipped Martin in, but the Dundalk forward took a touch too many before eventually being denied by Mannus. And for good cause, for it was Rovers who finally broke the deadlock on 62 minutes, when Cape Verde international Lopes headed home from a Watts right-field corner.
Ex-Sheffield Wednesday man Sam Durrant was introduced from the bench, and almost levelled for Dundalk when carrying the ball a long way before being foiled by Mannus.
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