Larne virtually went in entrance inside three minutes when Jordan McEneff intercepted a slack ball out from defence.
He laid the ball off to Andy Ryan who minimize inside however his fierce left-foot shot was brilliantly palmed away by Coleraine keeper Ryan Schofield, diving to his proper.
The English keeper excelled once more minutes later as he sprang throughout his purpose to divert Sean Graham’s stinging volley away from purpose, following a Jordan McEneff lengthy throw.
After that shiny Larne opening, it was Coleraine who went in entrance on 13 minutes.
Cameron Stewart performed the ball out from defence to Will Patching, who took a beautiful first contact earlier than slipping an inch-perfect go into the run of Joel Cooper who took a contact earlier than firing a rising shot previous Rohan Ferguson excessive into the web.
Larne thought that they had equalised 10 minutes earlier than the interval when Chris Gallagher’s by ball bisected the Coleraine defence with Matty Lusty working on to spherical Ryan Schofield and slot house however the referee’s assistant’s flag was already raised.
Larne began the second interval on the entrance foot and seemed to have equalised when Tomas Cosgrove’s cross from the precise flicked off Coleraine’s Rowan McDonald and heading into his personal web earlier than Schofield as soon as once more confirmed great agility to dive to his proper and claw the ball clear.
The East Antrim aspect deservedly levelled on 62 minutes when McEneff’s cross from the precise fell to Matty Lusty and though his first shot was blocked, the striker reacted shortly to fireplace previous Schofield.
Coleraine spurned an enormous likelihood within the first interval of additional time as Shevlin ran on to Will Patching’s by ball and compelled a save from Ferguson. Because the ball popped free, Matt Ridley tried to chest the ball again to his goalkeeper who then needed to block from Cooper’s follow-up effort.
However Shevlin had the ultimate say with eight minutes remaining in further time when he was readily available to bundle house from shut vary after Ferguson didn’t clear Mark Coyle’s angled cross from the precise.
