A lot of Larne’s troubles have come from a defence that had been so solid, yet has now started to leak goals.<\/p>\n
By the end of January, the Inver Park side had conceded just 13 goals in 26 matches. It had been the bedrock of their title campaign.<\/p>\n
But in three league matches in February, they are without a win and have conceded seven goals in three games, with one point to show for their troubles as a draw with Glentoran was followed by losses to Portadown and Carrick Rangers.<\/p>\n
Speaking after the derby loss to Carrick, Haveron’s frustration was evident as he challenged his players to bounce back against Linfield on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
That game was always going to be important, but given the momentum of both sides it feels like a pivotal moment in the title race. <\/p>\n
“The last couple of results are from from ideal and we’ve let the others back into the mix,” Haveron said.<\/p>\n
“That’s on us and it’s now how we react from this moment on. <\/p>\n
“I’m sure I’ll get a reaction from the players in the right way.”<\/p>\n
After failing to properly convert Larne’s slip-up against Portadown with their own 1-1 draw with in-form Carrick, Coleraine’s win over Ballymena on Friday brought them to within touching distance of the top.<\/p>\n
That gap now stands at two points, although Larne and Linfield have a game in hand over the Bannsiders. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A lot of Larne’s troubles have come from a defence that had been so solid, yet has now…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":496618,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-496617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/496618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}