Bangor were 'very unlucky' against Linfield - Feeney

Bangor manager Lee Feeney says his side were "very unlucky" after their narrow 1-0 loss against Linfield at Clandeboye Park.

The Seasiders had the best chance of the first half with Chris Johns making a good save to deny Ben Cushnie's effort from a Tiernan Mulvenna cross.

The home side then made a bright start to the second half, but the Blues broke the deadlock against the run of play through Matthew Fitzpatrick just 10 minutes after the break.

"We are definitely improving and getting better," Feeney told BBC Sport NI.

"I know we didn't pick up points today, but I feel like we are getting closer to the top some of the top teams and we are learning as we go along.

"To play 90 minutes against those teams is a big ask, but I felt we were very unlucky today."

Bangor had a good chance to level the game, but Arthurs opted to pass to his strike partner Cushnie rather than have a shot himself.

Feeney turned to his bench and brought on attacking players, but they couldn't help his side find a leveller.

"I felt it was a scrappy game; when you are up against a team with a lot of quality, you try to make it into a battle," Feeney added.

"I felt in the first half we had the best chances and could have got one or two goals.

"You have to be ruthless when you play Linfield. That is twice we have played them now and they have been ruthless, and we haven't and that is why they are champions."