Coleraine boss Dean Shiels said that his side’s 2-1 defeat against Crusaders at Seaview was “a game we never should have lost”.
Stewart Nixon capitalised on a Coleraine defensive mistake to open the scoring in north Belfast before Dylan Boyle equalised for the Bannsiders.
Substitute Jordan Stewart took advantage of another error at the back to net the winner which condemns Coleraine to their second successive league defeat.
“The lads gave everything, we threw all we had at them, but it just wasn’t enough,” Shiels told BBC Sport NI.
“It was errors that were unnecessary that cost us and away from home those things hurt you.”
Shiels expressed his disappointment that Coleraine did not make the most of a number of chances they created in the first half, with Jamie Glackin guilty of spurning a good opportunity soon after they equalised.
“If you look at the first half the chances we created, the territory that we had and the clear chances we missed it was really disappointing to go in level at half-time,” Shiels continued.
“Second half I felt we were comfortable enough then we give away a really strange goal from our own throw in which was really cheap, and we have to react better.
“We created loads of chances which is a positive, but it is a defeat and we have to pick the lads up.”
