Match Reaction

Reboot in January – OK

ORAN Kearney rued his side’s start to the second-half as they were beaten by Ballymena United on Boxing Day…

The Bannsiders had held a 1-0 lead at the break through Dean Jarvis’ header but conceded just two minutes after the restart as Johnny McMurray found the bottom corner with a header of his own.

The Stripes would then fall behind to Noah Stewart’s strike and suffered a further blow when Conor McKendry was dismissed for a tackle on Steven McCullough, which Kearney labelled as ‘a poor decision’.

Stewart would then make it 3-1 to condemn Coleraine to a trio of successive defeats in the Sports Direct Premiership.

Kearney also passed comment on the upcoming January transfer window.