Clinical Larne sweep aside Dungannon Swifts

Larne returned to winning ways after a dominant 3-0 victory over Dungannon Swifts at Inver Park. First-half goals from Leroy Millar and Kevin O'Hara set the Invermen on their way, before Matt Ridley added a third after the break. The win relieves some pressure on manager Gary Haveron after last week's disappointing 4-2 defeat by Cliftonville. For Dungannon it is back to the drawing board as they lacked a cutting edge in the box and have now won just one of their past 10 league fixtures. Dominate Larne secure crucial three points It was an exciting start for Larne and, with just two minutes on the clock, Millar came close to opening the scoring but his left-footed effort from 20 yards flashed just over the crossbar. On 23 minutes, Larne went close once more as Millar turned provider when his low delivery from the left was met by O'Hara, who tried a clever back-heel that almost caught Dungannon unaware but stopper Declan Dunne got down well to make the save. The opener did arrive six minutes later for the home side when Millar again threatened down the left, before he played a smart one-two with Sean Graham and curled a low right-footed effort into the bottom right-hand corner of the net. Just four minutes after, Larne doubled their advantage after the Swifts' Jamie Glackin played a sloppy ball across his defence which was intercepted by O'Hara who unleashed a right-footed shot from 20 yards that flew into the left-hand corner of the goal giving Dunne no chance. Dunagannon started the second period at pace and almost grabbed a goal back within 90 seconds. A cross from the right was met by Andrew Mitchell and he shot from six yards, but Rohan Ferguson saved well from close range and the ball was cleared. They were to be punished for not taking that chance on 58 minutes, however. Graham swung in a corner from the right and there was Ridley to rise highest and power his header past Dunne and into the net. Five minutes from time Leo Alves almost pulled one back for the Swifts but the substitute's superb free-kick from 25 yards was superbly tipped around the post by Ferguson to ensure yet another Larne clean sheet.