Dean Shiels has hailed the impact of new signing Charles Dunne as Coleraine picked up a valuable three points against Carrick Rangers keeping back-to-back clean sheets for the first time this season.

Rhyss Campbell's second half goal secured the points in a game that was far from a classic, not that it bothered Shiels.

"There's winning ugly and that's exactly what it was," he said. "The lads are really pleased. You've got to show that you can do it both ways - which we can do.

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"We know we can win by playing nice football but sometimes you've got to do it the ugly way. I think we proved that.

"It was difficult, Carrick is a difficult place to come and they make you defend on all angles of the pitch, especially with the way they put the ball in the box, so you have to be concentrated and focused the whole 90 minutes.

"To be fair, I thought we were and I don't think our goalkeeper had a save to make again and it makes it two clean sheets in a row, which is something we've looked at defensively by being more solid.

"Charles was outstanding again and we are only getting him up to speed. He hasn't played a lot of football in recent weeks but his qualities are very evident.

"You can see that with his anticipation, the way he defends his box and organisation of others - he's been a massive influence."

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