Hugh Sinclair had no complaints with his side’s Irish Cup exit after they were beaten by Limavady United at the fifth-round stage.

Here’s what the Lisburn Rangers supremo had to say after the 4-1 loss at the Coleraine Showgrounds.

THOUGHTS ON THE DEFEAT?

“In regard to how it panned out, glad it's over and we can look to get back to league affairs, to be honest with you.

placeholder image — Lisburn Rangers manager Hugh Sinclair. (Photo: Lisburn Rangers FB page)

"Listen, we come up here and I don't know how many gears Limavady had left in them, maybe they had one, two, maybe three.

"But I thought we were below par in regard to what we've been doing recently.

"First hour was disappointing...the goals we conceded were disappointing.

"We come up here, we have experience it throughout the team to a degree, going well in the league, top of the table.

“We always knew it was going to be a difficult tie for us but a little bit disappointed in the manner in which we've exited the cup, to be honest with you.

REFLECTIONS ON YOUR CUP RUN?

“Irish Cup in regard to where we are in the Amateur League...it can be a big blinking nuisance if you don't get to the fifth round and you don't get a reward as such.

"We've looked after league affairs as we've travelled in it, which has been good, and it hasn't interfered in that perspective.

"But the boys have done well in adapting. Sometimes people think it's easy for experienced, more senior players dropping down in the Amateur League.

"But it takes a bit for them to get a foothold and understand that level, the physicality behind it.

"Building into today, we thought we could come up and if we were good out of possession, we might have caused them a problem or two.

"But we didn't get a hold of it enough in the first hour, truth be told.

KEEP MOMENTUM NOW IN AMATEUR LEAGUE?

"Absolutely, that's the main objective.

"Prior to coming up here and I said to the boys in the changing room, they now have to set it down and pick up where we left off.

"Hopefully there's no interference from this. We could have done things better, but didn't.

"We'll take it on the chin, Limavady deserve to go through to the next round.

"They're a team flying high at the top end of the championship. In regard to losing to them, it's by no means a shame in regard to not performing and going out at this stage.

"But fair play to them, fully deserved on the day and hopefully they can go a round or two beyond this.