Irish Premiership: ‘Once the first goal went in, we dominated’ – Eamon Fyfe

Portadown midfielder Eamon Fyfe said that his side dominated the game after making the crucial breakthrough against Ballymena United on Friday night.

After squandering a number of opportunities in the first half, the Ports almost went behind when Josh Carson’s free-kick struck the post.

But they broke after that set piece and Josh Ukek scored the opener before substitute Ryan Mayse and Fyfe added further late goals to seal the win.

“I thought we started the first half really well, created a lot of chances so we were disappointed to be going in at 0-0 at half-time,” he told BBC Sport NI.

“Second half, we had the intention of pushing on, but I thought the first 20 minutes we were sloppy enough but once the first goal went in, we dominated.

“They pushed on trying to equalise and that is where we found pockets, the game felt more open, and we capitalised.”

The impressive win was Portadown’s second successive triumph in the league after they beat champions Larne last weekend.

It moved the Ports up to fifth in the table, but Fyfe insists that his side are not getting carried away given the unpredictable nature of the league this campaign.

“It’s only two games in a long season, we don’t want to get too ahead of ourselves,” he added.

“I don’t even know where we are sitting, the league is mad at the minute, everyone is in a big bunch, and it doesn’t look like breaking anytime soon so you can’t get too high.”