'We didn't get what we deserved' - Devine on cup exit

Glentoran manager Declan Devine said he was left to rue a "sore" defeat against Larne in the Irish Cup on penalties, which he believed was down to "big decisions" from the referee that went against his side.

The Glens took the lead in the quarter-final through Cammy Palmer before Andy Ryan levelled in the second half for Larne.

MJ Kamson Kamara was then sent off just before the end of normal time after picking up a second yellow card which Devine said had a "huge bearing" on the outcome of the game as Rohan Ferguson saved all three of the Glens' penalties.

"It's a painful one, fine margins in the game, big calls and from where I was, I thought we had a good case for a penalty from a handball and I don't think the two yellow card were yellow cards," he told BBC Sport NI.

"On the back of a third game in six days, to go down to 10 men, I thought the players were magnificent, running on empty with a real high level of commitment, it's really sore to take and there are big decisions that have gone against us and as a result we have gone to penalties and our penalties were poor, we know that, but they were taken with a lot of fatigue.

"I don't think we got what we deserved. We come away talking about big decisions that have gone against us and I'm sick of it."

Devine said Kamson Kamara was shown the first yellow card for simulation and he then received his marching orders for a tackle on Ryan which the Glens boss thought was harsh.

"I believe he's won the ball on the second one, I don't think it's a foul. People are diving all night so why's that a yellow card and the rest of the dives aren't, I don't even think it was a dive," he added.

"We have to use the pain of the defeat to move forward in the coming weeks."