Derry City beat Finn Harps in North West Derby

Derry City won the first North West Derby of the season with a 2-1 victory over Finn Harps at Finn Park.

Cameron McJannett headed the Candystripes ahead on 23 minutes.

Will Patching then scored from a free kick on 88 minutes and it seemed that Derry would ease to victory but a late Filip Mihaljevic penalty reduced the gap to one.

Harps pushed late on but couldn’t breach Brian Maher’s goal for a second time as Derry extended their lead at the top to six.

Diarmaid Doherty and Declan Boyle have the full time report…

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