Shamrock Rovers suffer damaging defeat as classy Celje prove far too strong in Conference League clash

Uefa Conference League: Shamrock Rovers 0, Celje 2

Dylan Watts of Shamrock Rovers after his side conceded a second goal

His last visit to Dublin was a very unhappy one, involving a verbal spat with the manager of the home team and a defeat which knocked his club out of Europe and could even have cost him his job.

But there was sweet revenge for Albert Riera, the former Liverpool and Spain player in charge of Slovenian side NK Celje, as they made up for Tallaght trauma last year and breezed past the challenge of a Shamrock Rovers side who will rue the soft nature of the goals they coughed up in this Conference League defeat.

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