COLERAINE ran out emphatic 4-1 winners against a home side who played an hour with just 10 men, following Dan Bent’s first half sending off on Tuesday night.
Matthew Shevlin gave the visitors the lead after just 62 seconds, before Bent saw red for an elbow on the same player just after the half hour mark.
Andy Ryan then scored just before the break from the penalty spot to drag Larne level.
However, Ben Wylie nodded them back in front on the hour mark before the Irish Cup finalists extended their lead through Will Patching’s penalty and Shevlin’s late strike.
Larne: Ferguson, Ridley, Donnelly (’86 Nolan), Gallagher, S Graham, Doherty (’73 Sloan), McEneff (’62 O’Connor), Cosgrove, Bent, Ryan (’73 McKendry), Lusty (’73 Simpson)
Subs: D Graham, Randall
Coleraine: Schofield, Boyle, Shevlin, Ives, Glackin (’59 Cooper), Dunne, Stewart (’83 Connolly), Wylie, Okoro (’72 McGonigle), Coyle (’59 Kane), Devine (’59 Patching)
Subs: Webb, Lyons-Foster
Referee: Jamie Robinson
PHOTO: Pacemaker
