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“We were applying the pressure all the time but when a team has their stall set out it’s difficult to break them down.

“I made the decision to bring on Jordan Macrae as we felt we needed a more natural striker.

“Jordon Brown didn’t like my decision but we needed to try something different

“We are tight for numbers at the moment so it was great to get Paul Mcmanus back after his injury absence,” he added.

Cove were without Blair Yule and Darryn Kelly through suspension and injury respectively, while the visitors again gave starts to youngsters Thomas Reid and Andy Watt.