Glentoran ended their four-game winless Premiership run with a 2-1 triumph over Cliftonville as Jordan Jenkins struck in the dying moments.

The Glens went ahead through Jack Malone, but his header was cancelled out by a fine Dean McMaster free-kick.

Substitute Jenkins made no mistake from close range with seven minutes remaining at Solitude to restore his side’s advantange.

The manager-less Glens had to see off the final moments with 10 men – Malone receiving his marching orders after collecting a second yellow.

placeholder image — Glentoran’s Jordan Jenkins celebrates scoring. (Photo by INPHO/Jonathan Porter)

Here’s everything you need to know from the match:

TOP RATED

Cliftonville (Rory Hale): Skipper Hale helped Cliftonville ticking and covered the entire pitch, picking balls up in dangerous areas and breaking up play. His delightful through ball into Ben Quinn’s path should have led to a second Reds goal with his team-mate denied by a fine Andrew Mills save.

Glentoran (Ross Clarke): Clarke provided the assist for Jack Malone’s opener, keeping his cool to loft in a pinpoint cross. The former Crusaders winger was a source of creativity and was denied a goal of his own in the second half by PJ Morrison, who was in fine shot-stopping form on Saturday.

BIG MOMENT

Dean McMaster is establishing a reputation as a dead ball specialist at the start of his Irish League career – and only enhanced that on Saturday by cancelling out Jack Malone’s opener. It’s his third free-kick in eight matches for the Reds.

McMaster also provided the corner from which Shaun Leppard crashed an effort off the crossbar from close range when he should have put the hosts 2-1 up after 64 minutes.

LINE UPS

Cliftonville: PJ Morrison, Ollie Samuels (Luke Conlan, 20), Rhyss Campbell, Rory Hale, Brian Healy, Shaun Leppard, Kyle McClelland, Dean McMaster, Ben Quinn (Joe Gormley, 71), Alex Bannon, Liam McStravick (Keevan Hawthorne, 63)

Subs: Jacob Cremen-Crown, Aaron Wightman, Dan O'Connor, Joel Thompson

Glentoran: Andrew Mills, Ryan Cooney, Marcus Kane, Ross Clarke, Jordan Stewart, Greg Sloggett (Josh Kelly, 76), Ethan Brown, Ben Gallagher (Jordan Jenkins, 46), Daniel Larmour, Jack Malone, James Douglas

Subs: Billy Crellin, Josh Daniels, Cal Weatherup, Jack Faloona, Ciaran Rogers-Duffy

Referee: Evan Boyce

MATCH STATS

Goals

Cliftonville: Dean McMaster (33),

Glentoran: Jack Malone (15), Jordan Jenkins (83)

Cards

Cliftonville: Yellow: Dean McMaster (42)

Glentoran: Yellow: Marcus Kane (41), Jack Malone (43), Jordan Stewart (83)

Red: Jack Malone (87)

TALKING POINTS

Glentoran manager search: Since Declan Devine departed the Glens on Monday, a host of names have been linked with the vacancy.

With seven days until their next match – at home to Carrick Rangers – it’s almost certain a new boss will be in charge at The Oval as they look to keep their season on track.

Whoever the new chief is, it’ll mark Glentoran’s 11th different manager since they last won the league title in 2009, and owner Ali Pour will hope a change can bring different results.

Can win create momentum?: Saturday marked only Glentoran’s third league win from eight matches this season in what has been a tough start – and they’ll hope it can create some sort of platform.

Rather than coming in on the back of disappointment, the new manager will have the positivity of a solid away win and can potentially now build.

Glentoran can afford no more errors as they look to maintain any sort of challenge and this weekend could prove important.