Bets are off as Dundalk cut loose

GALWAY United’s poor run of form away to Dundalk continued on Friday night, with the side suffering a 3-0 loss at Oriel Park and hindering their chances of certain survival in the Premier Division.Three second half goals from Alex Williams, Michael McGowan and Darren Mansaram sealed the victory for the Lilywhites. There were glimpses of chances where United looked like they were going to score, but Dundalk were dominant throughout and easily deserved their win, which cements their position at fifth place in the table.United manager Ian Foster had a number of additions to his side from the team’s win the week before over St Patrick’s Athletic in Terryland Park, with Cian McBrien, Dave Cooke, Sean Kelly and Jason Molloy all returning to action after suspensions.However, the side were without Shane Guthrie, who was still suspended following his red card against Shamrock Rovers, and Iarflaith Davoren, who is set to miss up to four weeks due to him tearing a hamstring in training. The first half was dominated by long shots taken by Dundalk, due to the Galway outfit putting up a brave fight in defence. United goalkeeper Barry Ryan proved his worth throughout the opening 45 minutes, and got an early touch of the ball when, after some impressive play by Dundalk’s Michael McGowan, he passed to Chris Turner but his shot was of little difficulty to the United keeper, meeting him straight on.An Alan Murphy corner gave United their best chance of the half to grab the opening score, but Gary Breen’s header went inches wide of the net. Despite this, however, Dundalk were always the more likely, but a stubborn Galway defence meant that the scores stayed level going into half time.While the first half proved...