Jordan Forsythe scored the game’s only goal in the first half as Larne slumped to a 1-0 defeat at home to Crusaders on Saturday.
The Invermen struggled to create much in front of goal and it resulted in the first league defeat since Linfield left Inver Park with all three points in the middle of November.
Larne: Ferguson, Donnelly, McKendry (’55 Want), Randall (’70 McEneff), O’Connor (’70 Panayiotou), S Graham, Nolan, Cosgrove (’82 Bayode), Sloan, Gallagher, Ryan (’82 O’Neill)
Subs: D Graham, Wallace
Crusaders: Tuffey, Callacher, Lowry, Blaney, Forsythe, O’Rourke, Williamson (’60 Stewart), Smith (‘90+2 Little), Clarke (’60 Franklin), Boyd (’82 O’Connor), Barr
Subs: Brown, McCart, Karrabecaj
Referee: Tim Marshall
