Healy Laments 'worst Performance Against Shels'

Linfield head David Healy lamented his side's "worst capacity retired of nan 4 games" against Shelbourne arsenic his broadside exited nan Uefa Conference League astatine nan play-off stage.

The Irish Premiership champions mislaid 2-1 connected aggregate to nan League of Ireland holders successful their Champions League first information qualifier successful July and a 2-0 second-leg defeat astatine Windsor Park connected Thursday nighttime saw them spell down 5-1 connected aggregate to nan Dublin broadside successful Europe's 3rd tier competition.

First-half goals from Harry Wood and Ali Coote sealed Linfield's destiny successful Belfast.

"Disappointing. I talked earlier nan crippled astir really important it was that we sewage nan first goal. We didn't look for illustration that tonight," Healy told BBC Sport NI aft nan game.

"More frustrating is nan mode that we conceded nan [first] goal. We were alert of Harry Wood's movement. It's not arsenic if we were going into nan crippled blind. We were afloat alert of his capabilities, his runs.

"You tin astir apt look astatine it from a Shelbourne constituent of position and opportunity it was a awesome walk and a awesome finish, which it astir apt was, but from our constituent of position we were good alert of that tally and ball.

"We had seen it successful nan 3 games antecedently and we didn't woody pinch it tonight. Tonight was our worst capacity retired of nan 4 games that we played but it was astatine nan astir important point. That's frustrating."

Healy added that contempt nan necktie being complete arsenic a title by half-time he was pleased pinch really his players responded successful nan 2nd period.

"The astir important point for maine coming is that we didn't autumn isolated successful nan 2nd half.

"Going guardant we sewage immoderate of nan younger players immoderate much European acquisition which will use them agelong term.

"We each consciousness disappointed that we haven't grasped nan opportunity but we'll respond successful a affirmative mode for illustration we ever do and we'll effort and put our champion ft guardant successful nan cup competitions and astir importantly, our breadstuff and butter, successful our home league, wherever we consciousness we are much than a lucifer for anyone."