Coleraine boss Ruaidhri Higgins hails his side's "excellent" second-half performance as they score five goals after the break in a 5-1 comeback win over Crusaders.
Coleraine boss Ruaidhri Higgins hailed his side's "excellent" second-half performance as they scored five goals after the break in a 5-1 comeback win over Crusaders.
Fraser Bryden gave the Crues a half-time lead at the Showgrounds before the hosts hit back in style.
Joel Cooper bagged a hat-trick while Mark Connolly and Matthew Shevlin were also on target for the Bannsiders.
"I'm obviously delighted with the outcome - I felt in the first half we didn't play at the speed we wanted to play at, albeit we created a number of chances," said Higgins.
"We just weren't ourselves but in the second half we were much, much better. We were much quicker and scored some brilliant goals."
The teams were meeting again just eight days after Coleraine beat the Crues 4-0 in the Irish Cup.
"It can be difficult when you play a team back-to-back - they changed their system today which we weren't expecting.
"We had to adapt and in the opening stages and we weren't good enough and it cost us.
"We got better as the first half progressed and from half-time we were excellent."
The win moves Coleraine to within eight points of pacesetters Larne having played a game more.
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