'We are going to have to be resilient' - Currie

Niall Currie praised his side's performance and said he is "very proud" despite Portadown losing 2-1 against Glentoran after an injury-time winner by Niall McGinn.

“We limited Glentoran to very little over the whole game. I’m very proud of the players, they were magnificent,” Currie told BBC Sport NI.

“As I have said to the players, small margins make a big difference, and I don’t think anyone could say we didn’t deserve a point from today, but that’s football.

“The biggest word we’ll use this season is resilience and we are going to have to be resilient."

Glentoran netted a last-gasp winner when McGinn's looping deflected strike sailed past ex-Glens stopper Aaron McCarey to take the three points back to east Belfast.

The result means that newly promoted Portadown still await their first point after two games.

“You get individual mistakes all over the pitch at all times. I think we have the ball and it gets turned over very easily and then in the 94th minute they have a throw-in 30 yards out and we switched off for a second, it’s as simple as that," he explained.

"Niall is able to make a run from a bog-standard throw-in and get a shot off and we have to learn from that. Maybe a bit of naivety, but I can’t praise the team highly enough.

"This is a cruel league and a very difficult one and we understand that sometimes you don’t get your breaks."