Cliftonville beat Glenavon 2-0 at Solitude to strengthen their grip on seventh place in the Irish Premiership table, Ryan Curran and Eric McWoods scoring the second-half goals to secure three points for the Reds, who are unbeaten in five.
Jim Magilton on the game:
"Delighted with the win, keeping the momentum going. We knew Glenavon were going to come and make life very difficult because they've so many good players, technical players, so we had to be patient and today we were.
"There was a lot of possession-based football without any keeper being tested. In the second half, we had to play with more urgency and tempo in our play, and I thought we did that."
Magilton on whether there should have been more goals:
"Yes, probably, but we are just trying to manage the group. It's been a long season, but we are trying to make sure that everybody gets minutes. Some are nursing injuries, and we have to be wary of that.
Magilton on Eric McWoods' form:
"He has that explosive pace, and he is providing real competition, which is exactly what we want, and at this time of the year, it's important you have options.
It was similar last year when we got to a cup final, and it's the options off the bench that helped us win the cup. We have to manage the next couple of games before we look forward to the 3rd of May".
Paddy McLaughlin on the defeat:
"Even up to an hour, I thought it was evenly matched, then Cliftonville scored the first goal, and then we dropped our heads.
"I know it's a hard place to come, but there was nothing between the sides before the goal. Then they went up the gears. We should have battened down the hatches and weathered the storm after the first goal, but we sort of rolled over.
"We are giving a lot of young players game time to get them ready for next season. Disappointed with the result, but our performance for up to an hour was good."
McLaughlin on not testing the goal enough:
"For all our good football, I don't think we registered too many shots on goal. Ben Wilson, who was superb for us, was the only one to get a shot away. We've good players in the final third, but to not create anything of note over 90 minutes is frustrating."
McLaughlin on Mark Byrne's saves:
"That's the difference at both ends of the pitch. Our keeper has had to make two brilliant saves as well as conceding two, so that's four efforts on our goal, and we've none on theirs, and that's the difference.
