'We want to be better than last year' -Haughey

Glenavon's Mark Haughey said he thought Glenavon were 'the better team' in the second half after his side's 2-1 defeat by Cliftonville.

Joe Gormley gave the Reds the lead after 16 minutes with Shea Gordon doubling their advantage in the second half before the Lurgan Blues halved the deficit on the 71st minute.

“It’s always disappointing to get a defeat. Obviously every game of football you want to win, but I think we need to take the positives of how we played.

“Some sloppy errors that lead to the goals, but we matched them in the first half and in the second half I thought we were the better team.

"Unfortunately at the end of the day it’s all down to results and we have came away with a loss."

Stephen McDonnell's side finished tenth last season, a position that centre-half Haughey said "isn't good enough".

"We need to be better than last year," Haughey continued.

"We need to better ourselves in terms of where we finish in the league.

"A club like us need to be realistic in our aspirations. Yes at the start of the season we set out our stall to get top six and can we push and threaten that and give ourselves a chance into Europe with an Irish Cup run.

"But all in all we want to be better than last year and that’s first and foremost for this club and then try to progress from there."