Monday, January 16, 2017

The Reds making it interesting in the race for second in the NIPL



Important win posted in Solitude for the Cliftonville bunch, after dispatching a contested match against a resilient and hardened Ards, assuring an important win for the Reds.

Very well these moving within three points of their arch-rivals the Linfield Blues, currently on second place. 

Nothing written so far in the North Ireland Premier League, as both Reds and Blues looking to derail the title hopes of the two-time winner Crusaders, as the Solitude Boys are poised for the ultimate of glories. 

Alongside the Linfield bunch now battling a two-way race to catch up with the Crusaders and now feeling the pressure from the Cliftonville Reds, these looking to make a move considered important.

From now on, the race to the top of the Danske Bank Premiership intensifies and seeing a three way race and with every point accounted for, the win for Reds in league competition as well three points earned, considered as gold.

Especially when you are battling squads as resilient and hardened as the Ards, despite their spot in the table but for them to the race to the top and netting a European spot is something they welcome to accomplish in this campaign end.

Still the way the visiting Reds and Blues initial eleven, looking very defiant and ambitious in its touch and counterattacks, many at Solitude though they were going to see an upset in the makings when these started generating dangerous plays.

It is when a clear handball by the Reds defender in the 29th marked the first goal for the Ards when Levi Ives was call off and the visitors through Michael Rudy converted for the first score of the match, until the end of the first half.

As the Reds took matters more seriously in the second half, it is when they come alive in their offensive quest and finally putting a stop to the visitor’s momentum.

The Reds made a turnaround in the second half with double dose of scores from David Mc Daid in the 46th minute and later on by Levy Ives in the 66th to erase that handball mess in the first half, giving the visitors the early lead.

At the end, his score uplifted his squad for the win and being the go-ahead goal for the win, uplifting the chances of Manager Gerard Lyttle to put on run into second place in the overall table and maybe take a shoot of the first place Crusaders.

A valuable win was this for the Reds as their next match will be the Belfast Derby on 21 January going again the Crusaders at Seaview and try to get a win after their loss at Solitude on 2016.

This win for Cliftonville Manager, was a valuable one after seeing his squad getting up from a near knockout and fought his way to net an important win on the eve of the always contested and disputed Belfast Derby.


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