Forsythe’s first-half aim condemned Larne to their first league defeat because the finish of November as they have been leapfrogged by Crusaders, who bounce into fourth.
It was a quiet and uneventful opening to this match however it tilted barely in favour of the hosts with Tiarnan O’Connor inflicting some hassle for the Crusaders defence.
Whereas Sean Graham was additionally probing, it was Crusaders with their first, and solely, probability of the primary half who broke the impasse simply after the half-hour mark.
Blaney was the supplier as he hung an inviting cross that Forsythe met with a bullet header that he buried into the underside nook.
Gary Haveron’s males responded with efforts from Dylan Sloan and O’Connor however went in on the break trailing.
Phillip Lowry got here near doubling his aspect’s lead simply after the break when he whistled extensive from the sting of the field. O’Connor then pressured a save from Jonathan Tuffey.
Shortly after, no one in pink may join with Sloan’s low, onerous cross however alternatives started to dry up as frustration grew among the many house followers.
Regardless of Larne emptying their bench, there was to be no riposte and Blaney ought to have sewn it up in stoppage time however dragged extensive. It mattered not because the guests got here out on prime.
