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Dungannon Swifts recovered from a goal down at half-time to beat Glentoran 3-1 and end Declan Devine's unbeaten run in the Irish Premiership.
Marcus Kane's headed goal had the Glens one goal to the good against the run of play, before Jordan Jenkins was sent-off for a second bookable offence after the break.
Leo Alves with a free-kick, Junior Ogedi-Uzokwe and Adam Glenny then found the net to make it five wins out of six in the top division for Swifts.
Dungannon Swifts manager Rodney McAree: "Massive three points. They're hard to come by when you're up against the Glens. Glentoran are a very good side, have been all season, but I thought in the first half we were exceptional.
We found ourselves one-nil down after 21 minutes, and I couldn't understand how. We were in control, used the ball well, played well and created a good opportunity. But we showed great character after going behind.
It was important we stayed in the game and didn't let it become two-nil because that would've been a mountain to climb.
We got in at half-time, spoke about doing the simple things well, and gave ourselves every chance - and that's exactly what we did.
In the second half, I actually thought we played better in the first than the second, but we scored three in the second, so it's a really pleasing three points."
Glentoran first team coach Tim McCann: "I understand decisions go for you and against you, that's football. I understand refereeing is a tough job, I really do. But it's got to be consistent.
"We felt we were very harshly dealt with today, and the sending-off absolutely killed us and killed the game. It's a tough one to take."
"We're not going to lose focus. It's maybe one defeat in 10 or 11 games. It still hurts and it'll hurt the boys over the weekend, but we've had a chat in the changing room.
"We can't let it define our season or our next game. We'll work on what we did wrong today and try to put it right."
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Marcus Kane's headed goal had the Glens one goal to the good against the run of play, before Jordan Jenkins was sent-off for a second bookable offence after the break.
Leo Alves with a free-kick, Junior Ogedi-Uzokwe and Adam Glenny then found the net to make it five wins out of six in the top division for Swifts.
Dungannon Swifts manager Rodney McAree: "Massive three points. They're hard to come by when you're up against the Glens. Glentoran are a very good side, have been all season, but I thought in the first half we were exceptional.
We found ourselves one-nil down after 21 minutes, and I couldn't understand how. We were in control, used the ball well, played well and created a good opportunity. But we showed great character after going behind.
It was important we stayed in the game and didn't let it become two-nil because that would've been a mountain to climb.
We got in at half-time, spoke about doing the simple things well, and gave ourselves every chance - and that's exactly what we did.
In the second half, I actually thought we played better in the first than the second, but we scored three in the second, so it's a really pleasing three points."
Glentoran first team coach Tim McCann: "I understand decisions go for you and against you, that's football. I understand refereeing is a tough job, I really do. But it's got to be consistent.
"We felt we were very harshly dealt with today, and the sending-off absolutely killed us and killed the game. It's a tough one to take."
"We're not going to lose focus. It's maybe one defeat in 10 or 11 games. It still hurts and it'll hurt the boys over the weekend, but we've had a chat in the changing room.
"We can't let it define our season or our next game. We'll work on what we did wrong today and try to put it right."
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