Afolabi Akinyemi gave Derry City the lead to mark his home debut with a goal
Derry City stay third in the League of Ireland Premier Division table after a 1-1 draw with second placed Bohemians at Brandywell.
Afolabi Akinyemi gave Derry City the lead in first half injury time, netting his first goal for the club to to mark his home debut in style.
Bohs, who failed to create any clear cut chances in the first half equalised in the 52nd minute, Ross Tierney firing into the top corner of the net from close range.
The result means Bohs stay second and are unbeaten in their last five league games but trail the league leaders Shamrock Rovers by seven points.
Tiernan Lynch's side stay third, one point behind Bohs in second and eight behind Rovers.
Derry fail to put their dominance on the scoreboard
New Derry signing Afolabi Akinyemi proved to be real handful for the visiting defence and could have opened the scoring on 12 minutes but his effort was tame and easily gathered by Kacper Chorazka in the Bohs net.
Akinyemi was at the heart of everything Derry created in the opening half and almost broke the deadlock five minutes before the break.
The striker latched onto a long ball over the top and showed real pace to get away from his marker before swivelling inside the area, his effort went right across the face of goal only needing a touch.
Akinyemi's efforts were finally rewarded five minutes into first half stoppage time, powerfully heading Brandon Fleming's cross from the left in at the near post to give Derry a well deserved lead.
That lead could have been doubled from the next attack as Akinyemi combined with Liam Boyce to setup Sadou Diallo but his effort tailed wide of the target.
Tierney secures vital point for Bohs
Despite Derry's first half dominance, it was Bohs who started the second stanza sharpest.
The home defence failed to deal with a long ball into the area allowing James Clarke to setup Tierney inside the area and the former Motherwell player fired the equaliser into the top right hand corner of the net, sending the 300 travelling fans into wild celebrations.
Alan Reynolds side looked happy to leave Brandywell with the point as the held firm limiting the home attackers.
In the closing minutes, Robbie Benson headed a Michael Duffy cross wide before substitute Danny Mullen fired an effort straight at Chorazka in the Bohs goal.
Derry are back in action next Sunday when they go to Tallaght Stadium to face leaders Shamrock Rovers while Bohemians host Drogheda United on Friday.
