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Relief for Leroy Millar as Larne show their attacking prowess again

Leroy Millar got himself back amongst the goals again to help fire Larne back to the top of the Irish Premiership.

The midfielder bagged a first half brace in the 3-0 win over Glenavon on Friday night before having to go off at the break after picking up a knock whilst scoring the second.

Lee Bonis wrapped up the win in the second half, and while Millar was pleased with the result and his goals he felt it could have been better from his side.

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"It was a good night all round but I don't think we were at our best," he said.

"The gaffer got at us a bit at half time, and rightly so.

"But I suppose you can't complain too much if you're 2-0 up and haven't been at your best.

"I couldn't buy a goal in the recent run of games.

"Everything I was hitting you would have thought I had the boots on the wrong feet!

"But the boys put the ball on a plate for me tonight."

As for the knock he picked up after scoring his second the midfielder is hoping it isn't anything to worry about.

"I took a bit of a knock and there's a bit of swelling in it at the minute," said Millar.

"I get a bit of rest and ice on it and hopefully it will be alright."

After struggling to take their chances in recent games Millar was pleased to see Larne find the net three times on Friday night.

"We weren't scoring a lot in recent games but the main thing was the defenders pulled us out of a hole keeping clean sheets," he said.

"That gives you a platform to build on to go on and win games as you only need one goal.

"Thankfully against Glenavon we were clinical in front of goal even if we weren't maybe at our best."

Larne have a busy schedule with four games in ten days and Millar says it's about picking up as many points as possible before the split.

"It's about picking up as many points as we can now until the split," he said.

"If you can get there still in touching distance then you're in with a chance."

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