Oran Kearney was full of praise for one of his players who he feels has gone under the radar this season.
Dean Jarvis made the switch from Larne to Coleraine in the summer and slotted into life at The Showgrounds seamlessly.
He has played a key role for the Bannsiders at either end of the pitch.
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On Saturday he netted the first goal in the 2-2 draw with Glentoran before being named Man of the Match.
Kearney's only surprise is that he hasn't had more personal accolades to his name this season.
“I was delighted Dean was named Man of the Match," said the Coleraine boss.
"How he hasn’t had more of them this season I’ll never know.
“Not even for the goal, in all aspects he’s been one of our best players this season and has gone under the radar in terms of others getting the plaudits.
“He’s been superb for us and showed all the experience he has."
Matthew Shevlin rescued a point for the Bannsiders as his late strike cancelled out an Aaron Jarvis own goal and a Conor McMenamin wonder strike.
It was Shevlin's 20th league goal of the campaign but the striker's first half penalty miss was still weighing heavily on his mind at the end.
“Matthew apologised coming off the pitch and said he should have won it for us," Kearney revealed.
“I said to him ‘welcome to the world of a striker’ and that’s what being a striker is.
“The biggest credit you can give Matthew is that 18 months ago if he missed those chances his head would go down and he would subbed off.
“You know now the level that he’s at where he has a mindset to be able to do that and still pop up with a goal and that speaks volumes of him."
Coleraine lost Rodney Brown to injury in the first half which forced Kearney to reshuffle his side.
With a few players now on the treatment table the Bannsiders boss had to include two teenagers on the bench on Saturday but he says they will keep pushing for the rest of the season starting at home to Newry City on Tuesday night.
“We’ve got to keep punching," said Kearney.
“Glentoran had 18 players in their line-up and another seven or eight who didn’t make the squad, whilst we had a 17 and 18-year-old on the bench.
“Everyone who turned up today expected us to give it a rattle and a right go and we did and will continue to do it.
“We have a great changing room, a great spirit about us at this point in time and we want to tap into that.
“The key thing is that it’s business time and there’s 33 points available.
“The question is how many of those 33 can we get between now and the end of the season which will dictate how our campaign goes.
“We have to target it, we’ve got to bounce off the back of this and pick up three points."
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