 Glenn Ferguson scored again for the Blues |
Glenn Ferguson scored twice as Linfield trounced Larne at Windsor Park. The Blues striker fired in a volley low and hard past the goalkeeper on 17 minutes from Stephen Douglas's corner.
Jamie Mulgrew added a second with a right foot piledriver past Chris Keenan into the top corner on 38 and Thompson hammered in a low shot after 47.
Chris Kingsberry scored into an empty net from Ferguson's pass after 79 and then Ferguson headed through a ruck of defenders for 5-0 after 85 minutes.
Lewis Hamlin had an early chance for the outclassed visitors while, early on, Ferguson headed wide and Thompson was off target with a shot.
Thompson had a shot cleared off the line and another shot blocked in the second period.