Rival boss my hero...

ZACK OUT TO GET ONE OVER BOYHOOD IDOL DUFF

- BY PAUL O'HEHIR

DAMIEN DUFF was Zack Elbouzedi's favourite Ireland player when he was a kid but now the Saints star wants to put him under pressure.

Duff (below) is reeling having seen his reigning champions suffer back-to-back defeats to Waterford and Derry City in four days last weekend.

St Pat's were kept in check too, after they also lost at the Brandywell on Monday. Both sides have a point to prove at Tolka Park tonight.

These two Dublin rivals failed to rip it up in Inchicore earlier in the season after a scoreless draw but this fixture in Drumcondra last September was a game for the ages.

St Pat's won a 3-2 thriller late on and Stephen Kenny admitted this week that the sheer unpredictability of this rivalry is what makes it so interesting.