'Glenavon caused us problems' - Higgins

Coleraine manager Ruaidhri Higgins says his side "weren't themselves" during their 2-0 victory over Glenavon at the Coleraine Showgrounds.

The home side broke the deadlock midway through the opening half through leading scorer Joel Cooper.

Glenavon started the second half the better side, but it was the Bannsiders who scored again when substitute Jamie McGonigle found the back of the net.

"We weren't ourselves if I am being honest. A lot of credit has to go to the opposition and how they were set up," Higgins told BBC Sport NI.

"Glenavon caused us problems. We didn't give up any chances as such, but we gave up territory, they had good possession and passed the ball really well. Most of our opportunities came from counter-attacks.

"I have complained before that we haven't gotten points when we haven't played well and we have gotten three points tonight when we haven't been ourselves, so we will take it and move on."

The Lurgan Blues manager Michael O'Connor also praised his side's performance but added that his team need to start scoring goals to avoid relegation.

O'Connor's outfit sit bottom of the table and are 11 points adrift of Carrick Rangers in eleventh.

"To be fair to the boys, going 1-0 down, two of three months ago they would have crumbled and went two of three down and we didn't and stayed in the game," O'Connor said.

"For 20 minutes in the second half I thought we were the better team without creating chances.

"Ruaidhri had to make some changes to accommodate us, which he doesn't do often. If you see the opposition doing that, you know the boys are doing everything and I can't ask for much more from the boys, apart from putting the ball into the back of the net."