Leinster Under-21 FC Quarter-finals: The scoreline flattered the winners in Dundalk yesterday but the result tells no lie and had the referee blown his whistle on 60 minutes with Dublin leading 0-10 to 1-5 it would have been a fair result.

However, Dublin added two goals and a point in injury-time.

Twice Louth pegged the visitors back when they appeared to be gaining control. The first came in the final five minutes of the first half when Dublin led by 0-6 to 0-2 with a strong breeze. Shane Lennon netted with an opportunist strike and Paddy Matthews made it 1-3 to 0-6 at the break.

Dublin took a two-point lead early in the second half only to see Louth cut that advantage also, but the losers didn't score again.

DUBLIN: M Savage; A Downes, W Lowry, D McCann; N Cooper, B Cullen, I Ward; E Fennell (1-0), J Coughlan (0-1); J O'Brien (1-3, one free), B Phelan, G O'Meara (0-2); B Brogan (0-2), B Kennedy, M Vaughan (0-2). Subs: D Dineen for Coughlan (34 mins), J Brogan for Kennedy (40), C Moore (0-1) for O'Meara (56).

LOUTH: S McCoy; D Finnegan, D Mackin, A Tinley; C Sheridan, O Zamboglou, M Fannin; J Kermath, R Carroll; J O'Brien, S Lennon (1-2, two frees), P Keenan; T O'Brien (0-1), H McGinn (0-1), P Matthews (0-1). Subs: C Kearney for Kermath (42 mins), D Crilly for Matthews (51 mins), J Quigley for J O'Brien (59 mins).

Referee: D Fahy (Longford).