Cliftonville go level at top with win over Larne

Teenager Sean Moore sparked Cliftonville's comeback at Solitude

Cliftonville move level with Larne at the top of the Irish Premiership table after a 2-1 victory over their title rivals at Solitude.

Glentoran's poor run of form continued with a 2-0 defeat away to Ballymena United at the Showgrounds.

Dungannon Swifts drew 0-0 with Portadown in Monday's fifth game.

Newry City's match with Glenavon - rescheduled from Friday night - was postponed for a second time because of a frozen pitch at the Showgrounds.

Monday's results mean the top four teams are separated by just three points, with Coleraine eight back and Glentoran 10 points off the lead in sixth place following a fifth defeat in their last six league matches.

• Monday's Irish Premiership action - as it happened

In a hugely entertaining game at Solitude, Larne were on course to move six points clear of Cliftonville when Lee Bonis fired the league leaders into the lead six minutes after the restart.

But Cliftonville came roaring back to seal a big win and move level with Tiernan Lynch's side on 45 points thanks to deflected strikes from the impressive Sean Moore and Rory Hale.

Moore, a livewire for Cliftonville all afternoon, cut inside from the right and beat Rohan Ferguson via Cian Bolger's deflection after 59 minutes before Rory Hale kept his composure to slot home the winner on 75, his shot taking a touch off Fuad Sule on its way into the net.

Larne, who thumped the Reds 4-0 at Inver Park in October, leave Solitude frustrated after missing a string of gilt-edged chances. In the first half, Larne top scorer Paul O'Neill was denied by a brilliant Nathan Gartside save while Bonis - who scored a six-minute hat-trick in the Inver game, had a goal ruled out for offside.

Tomas Cosgrove also shot wide at the far post seconds before Bonis' opener and O'Neill - another ex-Cliftonville man - fired over at full-stretch after being played through by Ben Doherty.

Bolger also headed straight at Gartside from a Doherty corner in the dying seconds to complete Larne's misery.

After being comprehensively beaten by north Belfast rivals Crusaders on Boxing Day, Monday's result will come as a major psychological boost for Paddy McLaughlin's side after coming from behind to beat a title rival.

More to follow.