St Patrick’s Athletic boss John McDonnell admits his side were punished for elementary mistakes during Friday night’s 2-2 draw with UCD.

The Premier Division leaders seemed to have sewn up a comfortable win but two late goals secured a point for the home side.

And McDonnell conceded the outcome was not good enough, given the position his side had found themselves.

He told RTE Radio: “I didn’t think we had the game won but the players obviously did. We got two goals up but then we switched off. It’s not good enough to be 2-0 up and not come away with a win.

“I’m really disappointed in the way we lost our concentration for the two goals.

“It was basic errors. It’s a general rule that you pick up your man until it’s cleared and we didn’t do that. We were probably lucky to get away with a point in the end.”

Next Fixture

vs SHELBOURNE

Date: May 15th (7:45pm)
Competition: League
Venue: Richmond Park
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Team	Pld	Pts
Shamrock Rovers	16	34
St Patrick's Athletic	16	31
Bohemian FC	16	25
Dundalk	16	22
Derry City	16	19
Drogheda United	15	19
Shelbourne	15	18
Galway United	15	17
Sligo Rovers	16	16
Waterford FC	15	6