Larne manager Gary Haveron said the playing conditions were “really difficult” during his side’s 0-0 draw against Linfield at Windsor Park.
The result means the Inver Reds extend their lead at the top of the table to 11 points and are now unbeaten in their last 15 league matches.
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Haveron’s side had their own chances early in the game but, in the final 15 minutes, relied on stopper Rohan Ferguson to keep the game scoreless.
“I should have won it, I could have lost it,” Gary Haveron told BBC Sport NI.
“We want to be brave when we get to places like here, but we lost our way in the last 10/15 minutes. It’s a disappointing way to end the game.
“You have to be ruthless in this league and, to be a top team, you have to be really, really ruthless and we just weren’t ruthless tonight.”
It was a match with few chances, with neither team having many clear chances until the closing stages.
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However, after heavy rain the Windsor Park pitch was affected, with co-commentator David Jeffrey describing the conditions as “appalling” and Haveron also expressing concerns.
“I have to say it wasn’t easy for both teams to play on this field tonight,” Haveron said.
“The National Stadium and that’s the quality of the pitch? I’m sure David (Healy) is incredibly frustrated with the surface and it was really, really difficult to play on.
“It’s not an excuse, it was the same for both teams.”
The 44-year-old also dismissed comments from Coleraine manager Ruaidhri Higgins that Larne ‘have one hand on the trophy’.
“He can say whatever he wants, anyone else is just outside noise to us,” he continued.
“We focus on what we are doing and just look at the next game.”
