Premier Division: St Patrick’s Athletic 1 (Keena 27 pen) Derry City 1 (Clarke 72)James Clarke salvaged a big point for Derry City as they came from behind to frustrate St Patrick’s Athletic at Richmond Park.The home side enjoyed much of the ball for long periods of the game but failed to build on Aidan Keena’s first-half penalty.Though he committed the foul for that spot kick, Brian Maher made several big saves as Derry rallied late on to score a fine 73rd-minute equaliser.A third successive draw means St Pat’s once again failed to make up significant ground on leaders Shamrock Rovers, who remain seven points ahead of them.With just six wins from 26 games now, pre-season title pretenders Derry remain sixth and well off the European qualification places.Following his social media comments after Thursday’s exit from Europe to Croatian side Rijeka, veteran winger James McClean was left out of the Derry squad and didn’t travel to Dublin.Asked to comment on the situation after the game, head coach Tiernan Lynch was non-committal. “My job is to concentrate on what’s going on on the field,” said Lynch.Pressed on whether he felt undermined by the comments, Lynch declined to say whether McClean had a future at the club or whether he would be disciplined.“See this group of players, they’re a fantastic group of players in that dressingroom and that’s my concentration, that’s my commitment and that’s what I’m here to talk about,” he said.“I am going to talk about the group that’s in there. Anybody who wants to talk about anything other than today’s game, I’ve not any interest in it.”SSE Airtricity League Premier Division, Richmond Park, Dublin 2/8/2026