MANAGER'S VIEW: 'There was an entitlement in our play' slams Ruaidhri Higgins despite league leaders Coleraine chalking up their sixth league win in a row

Here’s what he had to say after the 1-0 victory over neighbours Limavady United.

THOUGHTS ON THE WIN?

"I was happy enough with us in the first half.

“I thought there was a purpose about our play and I thought we tried to penetrate them.

"They came here with a clear plan...to sit in and block spaces and deny us space and they've done it quite well to a point.

"if we had have taken more care, there was more goals in it for us.

"The second half we were a side that I certainly don't like seeing.

"There was an entitlement about our play – it just wasn't good enough.

"We were miles off it in the second half and made the afternoon or the evening a lot tougher than what it should have been.

WHY WAS THAT THE CASE?

“I possibly think that we obviously had a big win against Ballymena and a big one against Glentoran and then there's a wee bit of a sense of entitlement creep in.

"We've rammed it home for the last few days the opposite as this was an extremely dangerous fixture.

"Don't get me wrong, we deserved to win the game, but we were miles off what I expect of this team.

SHOULDN’T HAVE BEEN HANGING ON AT THE END?

"No, they didn't have any chances.

"We shouldn't have been in a position where we had to defend long throws and corners and stuff like that.

"We wouldn’t have been in that position if we had have applied ourselves to the game the way that we normally do.

"Yes, we've got the points, yes, we've had nine points in eight days which is a phenomenal return and credit to the players, but I just won't have that. I won't have that and accept that level of performance in the second half

"I had no real complaints in the first half...I thought we tried to go about it in the right manner as there was an intensity to our play.

"But we were a bit spoilt in the second half and our attitude was a bit sort of... I don't know. I just didn't like it.