Glentoran manager Declan Devine said he was “flabbergasted” after his side were defeated 2-0 at the Oval by Larne as he lamented a third missed penalty in as many home games.
Tiernan Lynch’s men took the lead from the penalty spot before Finley Thorndike became the latest Glentoran player to miss from the spot in what Devine described as an “unacceptable” conversion rate.
Cian Bolger netted Larne’s second after the restart meaning that the east Belfast side are now without a win in three league games.
“Frustration is something over recent weeks that we are continuedly talking about,” Devine told BBC Sport NI.
“We dominated the game for long periods and again find ourselves losing it. We have got to put teams to bed, I’m sick saying it.
“The players played really well, effort of the players was fantastic, creativity was really good but that final pass, final ball, final cross and that final shot on goal, for all our domination we didn’t work their goalkeeper hard enough.
“I don’t think Larne deserved to win the game at all, but we didn’t do enough to win it either.”
Thorndike’s joined David Fisher and Jay Donnelly is also missing from the spot in recent weeks.
“We have changed penalty taker, and we do them everyday in training. There is no excuse we have to put the ball in the back of the net,” added the Glens boss.
“They [Larne] get one and put it in the back of the net, Andy Ryan sticks it in for the second time in two games against us. We have three in three weeks and don’t score once.
“I am flabbergasted we lost the game in the way that we did, and I was flabbergasted last Saturday and somewhere along the line it has to stop, it’s not good enough.”