Cork City boss John Caulfield was happy after his side maintained their 100% record in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division with a 3-0 win over Limerick FC at the Markets Field. Goals from Sean Maguire, Garry Buckley and Gearoid Morrissey saw
Cork City boss John Caulfield was happy after his side maintained their 100% record in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division with a 3-0 win over Limerick FC at the Markets Field.
Goals from Sean Maguire, Garry Buckley and Gearoid Morrissey saw Cork to a win over a Limerick team that Caulfield described as a ‘potential banana skin.’
“We’re happy,” said Caulfield after the game. "A lot of talk during the week going on about Limerick raising their game and we had to be ready.
“The first 10, 15 minutes was 50/50 but then we exploded. Seanie (Maguire), phenomenal again, Bucksy (Garry Buckley) getting a goal but we had two or three other great chances.
“I thought we could have been more up at half time because we were totally dominating the match. Our passing and movement was fantastic.
“We were frustrated at half time that we were only two up because they had had nothing in the match. We just said that we would keep up the pace, keep it moving quick and obviously,
“Gearoid got the third goal and effectively the game was over. As I keep saying, every week is a different challenge and the lads were ready tonight.
Maguire has been on fire this season with seven goals in seven games and his opener helped Cork take control of a game that was an even contest before hit the target.
“His form has been phenomenal and that’s the type of player he is,” Caulfield said of his in form star striker.
“He has been doing it since last season and he offers us a totally different dimension with his movement and pace but I think overall, there was a lot of fantastic performances.
“There is a tremendous spirit and attitude between the lads. Again, it’s early days and the most important thing is that we roll onto Derry next week, hopefully in front of a massive home crowd for what is going to be a very difficult game,” concluded Caulfield.
