League of Ireland Premier Division/Derry City 0 Galway Utd 0:Derry City may have showed signs of tiredness following their European travels but it was Galway United goalkeeper Gary Rogers who kept the home side at bay at the Brandywell last night.

In fact, Derry's failure to score in their last four games will certainly concern team boss John Robertson.

Whilethe Scot will have no complaints about the effort put in, the lack of a cutting edge in the final third will have brought disappointment.

While it was the home side who may have dominated the scoring chances, it was Galway who should have broken the deadlock having been awarded a 27th-minute penalty kick.

Former City player Alan Murphy played the pacey Derek O'Brien in behind the home defence and when Eddie McCallion made a lunge, O'Brien was brought crashing down to earth.

Up stepped Murphy but his spotkick was ballooned recklessly over the crossbar to let Derry off the hook.

Mark Farren and Paddy McCourt both had chances to break the deadlock while Ken Oman's low drive was superbly blocked by the Galway goalkeeper Rogers in the 35th minute.

Galway's Derek Glynn did well to work his way in behind the home defence in the 43rd minute but his low centre, across the face of goal failed to find the advancing Barry Moran.

And one minute later Derry's best chance of opening the scoring fell to new striker Sammy Morrow, whose tame effort was easily dealt with by Rogers from close range after McCourt's superb cut-back in the 44th minute.

Rogers produced a top drawer save in the 55th minute.

Sean Hargan played an incisive pass into the path of Farren and while the striker launched a powerful shot at the target, the Galway gaolkeeper dived full-stretch to divert the ball wide.

The goalkeeper again kept Galway in the game when saving a Higgins free in the 66th minute and three minutes later Rogers saved Galway again when tipping a Ciarán Martyn header over his crossbar.

With time running out Derry raised the tempo and almost took the points but Morrow headed the ball wide of the target following a Higgins free in the 90th minute and the game finished scoreless.

DERRY CITY: Jennings; McCallion, Oman, Hutton, Hargan; McCourt, Higgins, Martyn, Brennan (McGlynn, 61 mins); Farren (Hynes, 78), Morrow.

GALWAY: Rogers; Nootimer, Charles, Fitzgerald, Keane; Fagan, Lester, Murphy (Foley, 79), O'Brien; Glynn, Moran (Faherty, 75).

Referee: Richie Winters (Dublin).