 Francis Murphy grabbed two goals for Lisburn Distillery |
Lisburn Distillery returned to winning ways when they came back from a goal down to defeat Cliftonville at New Grosvenor. New boy Barry Cunning gave the Reds the lead and they could have gone in at half-time completely in control if they had a bit more luck.
But after Noel Andnerson equalised shortly on the resumption, the Whites took control.
Francis Murphy weighed with two goals the last an injury-time penalty.
But it was Reds debutant Cumming who the opening goal of the game in the 19th minute when he was well-placed to hook in a loose ball after Phil Matthews had failed to deal with a George McMullan free kick.
Cliftonville nearly made it two minutes later when when Cunning's chip over Matthews hit the base of the post and the rebound takes Nathan McConnell by surprise as it ricochettes off him over the crossbar.
The Whites finally equalised in the 50th minute when a Murphy corner found its way to the back post where Anderson volleyed home.
The Whites surged ahead in the 62nd minute after Murphy ran through and followed up his shot to roll the ball home after it was stopped on the line by Keith Mulvenna.
Distillery made sure of success in injury time when Murphy rattled home from the spot after Keith O'Hara had brought down John Martin in the box.
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