Disallowed goal 'a really poor decision' - Magilton

Cliftonville manager Jim Magilton says Ryan Curran's disallowed goal in Friday's 2-0 defeat by Larne was a "really poor decision".

Curran had a header ruled out for offside at the end of the first half before Larne hit the opener within 60 seconds of the restart.

Cliftonville's players and staff were incensed with the decision to disallow the goal, which Magilton said would have been "just rewards" for their first-half performance.

"For the life of me I can't understand why it wasn't a goal. They are trying to say it was offside, but nobody from Larne complained.

"Not that they would, but there wasn't any arms going up for offside or anything like that as opposition players will do if they are confident it is offside."

To compound Cliftonville's frustration, Luke Conlan turned the ball into his own net under pressure from Dylan Sloan to give Larne the lead immediately after the restart.

Rory Hale had a chance to equalise but Sloan wrapped up the win, which condemns Cliftonville to a fourth league defeat in a row.

"It's a really poor decision and it's cost us but it still doesn't take away how badly we started the second half," added Magilton.

"It's starting to become an annoying trend, for me and the staff, that we start second halves really poorly.

"We had opportunities to clear our lines and didn't, and then it's a really poor goal.

"Then we get another suck-punch, another really poor goal and against quality opposition like Larne there is no way back."