REDS AND GLENS SHARE THE GOALS
Cliftonville and Glentoran battled to an equal share of four goals in a hugely entertaining encounter at Solitude.
The Reds needed just three minutes to seize the advantage when Ronan Hale calmly fired past Aaron McCarey after Ben Wilson had flicked the ball into his path.
That was how it stayed until first half stoppage time when Daire O'Connor levelled for the Glens after the home defence had failed to clear their lines from a throw-in.
Then, three minutes after the break, David Fisher fired the visitors in front with a header past David Odumosu after Shay McCartan had knocked on Sean Murray's quickly taken free-kick.
Back came Cliftonville seven minutes after that courtesy of Shea Kearney's long range strike that gave McCarey no chance of stopping it.
And Jim Magilton's side thought they had won it right at the end when Rory Hale found the net with the final kick of the ball only for it to be ruled out by the officials.
Cliftonville: Odumosu, Addis, Gallagher, Rory Hale, Mallon, Doherty, Casey, Turker, Ronan Hale, Kearney, Wilson subs Gartside, Pepper, Curran, Gormley, Ashford, McGuinness, Berry
Glentoran: McCarey, McCullough, McCartan, O'Connor, Singleton, Murray, Sule, Fisher, McClean, Russell, Wightman subs Webber, Marshall, Kelly, Boyd, Walsh, Uzokwe, Smyth