'Unacceptable' - Devine lambasts Glentoran performance

Glentoran manager Declan Devine says the level of performance was "unacceptable" in his side's 2-0 defeat to Portadown at the Oval.

Late goals from Shay McCartan and Ryan Mayse sealed victory for the Ports as Glentoran dropped from third to seventh in the Irish Premiership table.

"There's no shying away from it. It was a poor performance from us," Devine told BBC Sport NI after the game.

"I was really disappointed with us on the ball today. I didn’t think we were free flowing at all.

"We’ve had a bad day but individually and collectively it wasn’t there today, and that’s the most disappointing things for me apart from the result."

McCartan's opener came from the penalty spot with eight minutes remaining before Mayse completed the Ports first victory at the Oval in 11 years with the final kick of the game.

While Devine admitted he did not think it was a penalty, he conceded it was not the reason for the defeat.

"I didn’t think we could get much worse in the second half to be honest because the first half performance was unacceptable.

"I don’t think it’s a penalty but I'm not going to stand here and blame the referee for us losing the game because we were more than responsible ourselves for losing the game.

"The inconsistency is something that has to be addressed and we can't have that level of performance. It's unacceptable."