Irish Cup semi-finals: 'We should have kicked on and won the game'
Larne manager Gary Haveron says he believes his side should have made the most of the momentum being in their favour and gone on to win the game after scoring an equaliser in their 2-1 extra-time defeat by Coleraine in Saturday's Irish Cup semi-final.Joel Cooper netted in the first half to put the Bannsiders in front at Windsor Park, before Matty Lusty restored parity with a second-half strike.Substitute Matthew Shevlin popped up with what turned out to be the decisive goal in the second period of extra time to book his side's berth in the 2 May decider against Dungannon Swifts."When we got the equaliser I feel we should have kicked on and won the game because I believe the game was there to be won, but we never really put them under enough pressure, and constant pressure," Haveron told BBC Sport NI after the game."They were strong in extra time, they pushed on and their subs made a really strong impact for them."There wasn't much in the game, Rohan [Ferguson] barely had a save to make bar the one near the end from Shevlin, whereas their keeper made some fantastic saves."The Larne boss added that it was a close contest and he was disappointed his side did not come out on top."Obviously disappointed, nobody wants to go out at a semi-final stage, and especially not in extra time in the way we did."Disappointed with both goals we conceded today."It was always going to be very small margins between two top teams in the league."
