HOW IT HAPPENED: Glentoran 2 Crusaders 1
RED CARDS: Doherty and manager Baxter both sent off for Crusaders following the final whistle
F-T: Glentoran 2 Crusaders 1
94: YELLOW CARD (Crusaders) - Doherty
93: SUB (Glentoran) - Cowan on for Crowe
91: RED CARD (Crusaders) - Forsythe, who was booked in the aftermath of the penalty decision, gets a straight red card after what is believed to have been an exchange with a ballboy
88: SUB (Crusaders) - McElroy on for Dummigan
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Hide Ad87: GOAL - Glentoran 2 (McDaid penalty) Crusaders 1. Referee Andrew Davey - after consultation - awards a penalty for handball by O'Rourke off McDaid's cross. McDaid steps up to drill the spot-kick under Doherty's body
86: YELLOW CARD (Crusaders) - Forsythe
79: Dummigan driving forward and his pass is flicked into the path of Lowry but the substitute's curling attempt is saved with ease by Morris
73: SUB (Crusaders) - Lowry on for Thompson
67: GOAL - Glentoran 1 (Kane) Crusaders 1
Kane's crisp strike finds a path past the crowded penalty area and into the bottom corner to reward Glentoran for mounting pressure
65: McDaid on the ball with time and space to force Doherty into a save at a stretch
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Hide Ad64: The ball breaks for a determined McDaid and he attacks the box but Doherty is out to block
61: SUB (Glentoran) - Van Overbeek on for O'Neill
55: Kane's long-range drive is stopped then gathered by a diving Doherty
47: Looping Garrett cross is met by McDaid off a fine leap but Doherty is behind the header
H-T: Glentoran 0 Crusaders 1
46: Owens, under pressure from two Glentoran players, connects to a cross but it lacks the power to trouble Morris
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Hide Ad41: Thompson is able to steer the ball into Heatley's path and he finds Forsythe, with the resultant delicate lob just drifting over the target
38: Cushley corner-kick from the right is headed over by Owens from a promising position
31: GOAL - Glentoran 0 Crusaders 1 (McGonigle)
Cushley picks out McGonigle, who cuts inside and fires goalwards from distance - finding the net with the aid of a deflection off Garrett's attempt to block
25: Kane's corner-kick finds an unmarked Donnelly but his shot clears the crossbar from a central position inside the box
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Hide Ad9: Burns across to cut out the threat after McDaid takes advantage of a lapse by Brown to win back possession
2: Donnelly bursts into the box but Doherty stops the shot with an outstretched leg - with McDaid's follow-up effort blocked on the line by Brown
GLENTORAN: Morris, Garrett, Kane, Peers, Gallagher, McDaid, McClean, Nasseri, Crowe, O'Neill, Donnelly.
Subs: Frazer, Pepper, Antolovic, Cowan, Van Overbeek, O'Connor, Gordon.
CRUSADERS: Doherty, Burns, McGonigle, Cushley, Forsythe, O'Rourke, Owens, Brown, Thompson, Heatley, Dummigan.
Subs: O'Neill, Hegarty, Lowry, Hale, Caddell, McGinley, McElroy.
Referee: Andrew Davey
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