Paddy McLaughlin admits Cliftonville were left “shell shocked” and “devastated” after Saturday’s late collapse against Dungannon Swifts killed off their title challenge.
Two weeks after Dean Shiels’ side marched out of Solitude with a 2-0 win in the quarter-finals of the Irish Cup, they returned to throw a one-two combo that knocked the stuffing out of the Reds.
A 90th minute Padraig Lynch goal was followed by a Joseph Moore winner with the last kick of the game as the visitors can- celled out Ronan Hale’s opener on the hour mark, leaving McLaughlin strug- gling to pick up the pieces.
