Carling Premiership champions Linfield have taken just one point from a possible six after losing away to Dungannon Swifts at Stangmore Park.

The Blues were adamant they should have had a penalty when Peter Thompson went down under a Ryan McIlmoyle challenge.

The Swifts broke the deadlock when Ryan McCluskey went through to set up Michael Ward in the 57th minute.

Paul Munster headed Linfield level but Dermot McCaffrey nodded in from a corner to give the Swifts victory.

"It is very frustrating," said Linfield manager David Jeffrey.

"Last week we had a perfectly good goal disallowed and today the referee Arnold Hunter had a massive say.

"These decisions sometimes cost you points.

"It was a blatant penalty. Pete was about to pull the trigger when he was brought down.

"Dungannon's keeper Sean O'Neill was outstanding, but today was a lesson for our players. Teams are going to raise their game against us every week."

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