Naw i 'm sure Lumberjack the blues were busy trying to set up Glenn Ferguson their leading scorer with the chance to get his 450 th goal in the Irish league.
He did manage this with a last minute header Institute have a new manager and he has tightened up the defence,the previous boss was a French man who brought over a number of his country men but when they got a couple of goals down they quit .
Linfield 2-0 Institute
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 Glenn Ferguson headed Linfield's second near the end
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Linfield restored their 15-points lead in the Carnegie Premier with their 13th consecutive league victory.
David Jeffrey's men went into the lead on 42 minutes when Paul McAreavey fired in a free-kick from the edge of the penalty area.
Institute had debutant Seamus Fanthorpe dismissed for two yellow card offences in the 84th minutes.
Then striker Glenn Ferguson headed number two near the end for his 450th career goal and 200th for Linfield.
Linfield deserved the win but took some time to crack a resolute Institute.
McAreavey's breakthrough free left keeper John Connelly rooted to the ground.
Ferguson should have made it two in a one-on-one with Connelly but scuffed his finishing shot wide. Oran Kearney then had an effort blocked by Fanthorpe. The clincher eventually came on 90 minutes when Ferguson got on the end of Mark Picking's cross.
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