Crusaders went down fighting tonight at The National Stadium at Windsor Park in a 2-1 defeat that saw them take the game to Linfield in the first half before not reaching the same heights in the second half. Despite going down to an early Joel Cooper goal after 7 minutes they hit back almost immediately with Ross Clarke equalises three minutes later and then where feeling hard done at half time when Chris McKee scored from outside the box via the post to leave the home side 2-1 ahead at half time.
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