Coleraine supervisor Ruaidhri Higgins says “the honeymoon interval is over” after his facet’s 2-1 loss in opposition to Larne on the Coleraine Showgrounds.
Leroy Millar and Sean Graham scored late within the first half to provide the away facet the lead with Conor McKendry coming near netting Larne’s third earlier than the half-time whistle.
Regardless of Matthew Shevlin’s late purpose, Coleraine could not create a dramatic late comeback with Higgins labelling the efficiency from his facet as “unacceptable”
This outcome implies that, for the primary time this season, Ruaidhri Higgins’ facet suffered back-to-back defeats after shedding in opposition to Cliftonville on Saturday.
“That’s what I stated in there, the honeymoon interval is over,” Higgins informed BBC Sport NI.
“We’ve to step up, all of us, and we are going to see within the coming days what we’re product of actually and it’s important that we reply in the correct method to a nasty 4 days.
“I demand that we reply in the correct method, get again on the horse and begin successful soccer matches.”
After Higgins was appointed late final season, Coleraine made a vivid begin to this marketing campaign and have been high of the desk coming into the match in opposition to the Inver Reds.
Nonetheless, now it’s Gary Haveron’s facet are high of the desk, two factors away from the Bannsiders with a recreation in hand.
“You possibly can take getting overwhelmed, however the method of the defeat was unacceptable actually,” Higgins added.
“There’s collective duty there. We’re all accountable, I feel.
“I feel they did a quantity on us. They got here, sat in and countered on us.
“We have been weak in sure elements of the sport which is extraordinarily disappointing, and it’s an unacceptable efficiency actually.”
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