A poor opening hour was Larne’s downfall in a 4-2 defeat to Cliftonville at Solitude on Friday evening.
Two goals from Rory Hale in the opening eight minutes of the game saw the home side race into a 2-0 lead, before Shaun Leppard headed in a third after the break.
Larne rallied from this point onwards and struck twice inside 10 minutes. Dan Bent scored from the penalty spot, after Matty Lusty had been fouled, before Lusty won a race to the ball and lobbed it over the on rushing PJ Morrison.
However, with Larne pushing hard to complete the comeback home substitute Rhyss Campbell broke to score with the final action of the game in additional time.
