Bangor manager Lee Feeney says his is "pleased by the reaction" of his players despite their 2-0 defeat at Coleraine on Friday.

It was a nightmare start for the Seasiders as Joel Cooper and Matthew Shevlin had the league leaders two goals ahead after the first quarter of an hour.

However, Bangor rallied and carved out opportunities to get back into the game, but failed to pull a goal back which would have given them fresh impetus.

"The first 20, 25 minutes we were a bit shell-shocked," Feeney told BBC Sport NI.

"After that, we fixed a few things - the players fixed it - and we perhaps shaded it. The first half we finished really strong and didn't want half-time to come and then in the second half we felt if we could get the next goal it would change things.

"We had chances and didn't get it, but I'm really pleased by the reaction after the first 20 minutes. We have to be clinical and when you play teams like Coleraine, you have to take those chances."

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Coleraine manager Ruaidhri Higgins says he would "have liked us to put the game to bed" despite the 2-0 win against Bangor at the Showgrounds.

Joel Cooper and Matthew Shevlin found the net within the first 15 minutes as the Bannsiders made a flying start which ultimately decided the destination of the points, but Higgins felt his team could have made their night a little more comfortable.

Bangor had their chances to pull one back towards the end of the first half and in the second, but failed to capitalise, while Coleraine also had further opportunities with Shevlin denied by the offside flag prior to his goal.

Still, it was a successful evening for the league leaders who remain top on goal difference.

"In the first half hour, we were brilliant," Higgins told BBC Sport NI.

"We got ourselves two in front; I'd liked us to have smelt blood and got a third because when you get a third it's dead and buried whereas at 2-0 it's precarious.

"They had some opportunities to make it 2-1 but Ryan [Schofield] has made a brilliant save. We've a clean sheet, won 2-0 and created a lot of opportunities, so we've got to be happy, but I'd have liked us to put the game to bed."

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First-half goals from Joel Cooper and Matthew Shevlin secured a 2-0 win for Coleraine over Bangor at the Showgrounds, which keeps the Bannsiders top of the table on goal difference.

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Good afternoon and welcome to our coverage of this afternoon's four-match programme in the Irish Premiership.

Third-placed Linfield will aim to make up more ground on the leading two clubs, Coleraine and Larne, when they face struggling Crusaders at Windsor Park.

Elsewhere Dungannon Swifts are on the road at Carrick Rangers, while Cliftonville entertain basement side Glenavon at Solitude.

At Shamrock Park, Oran Kearney commences his tenure as Ballymena United manager when his team take on Portadown.

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