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Ross Lavery was on target twice as Cliftonville Olympic won last night’s North Belfast Derby clash with Crusaders Reserves.

The deadlock was broken early on when some neat link-up play between Paul McAdorey and Stephen Garrett allowed Lavery to provide the finish.

An own goal from Padraig Slane’s free-kick delivery doubled the hosts’ advantage before Slane – who found the net when St Malachy’s College won Monday’s Danske Bank Schools’ Cup Final – got his name on the score sheet when he reacted quickest to Odhran Casey’s flick-on to make it 3-0 to the Reds before half-time.

Lavery registered his second of the night after the interval when he applied the finish to a fantastic Dylan Whiteway pass and, though the Crues reduced the arrears from the penalty spot, the Olympic side were full value for all three points in an emphatic derby display.