Shelbourne 3-1 Linfield: Fitzpatrick red card in defeat by Shelbourne ‘harsh’ – Fitzpatrick

The Irish Premiership side’s boss was disappointed in the manner that they conceded soon after the break, before they got back into the game.

“At half-time we discussed staying tight, closing distances and then we concede a really poor goal 35 seconds after half-time,” he said.

“When we got the goal, Shels went on the back foot a little bit. I think the way the decisions were going, that when Kieran did score, I was half expecting somebody to find something wrong with it.

“Then we had the penalty, I think potentially until Chris Shields went to let the referee know that Paddy Barrett had deliberately handled the ball two or three yards out that the referee wasn’t going to take any action.

“He got a yellow card but was it the deliberate stopping of a goalscoring opportunity? I thought so. We didn’t capitalise on that and that is the disappointing thing. We should have done. If you get it back to 2-2, the complexion of the game and tie changes.”

Healy added that his team will be composed in pursuing the goals that they need in the second leg.

“We will not be gung-ho, we will be measured. Do I think we can score two goals at Windsor? Absolutely, we scored one and potentially should have had more against Shels last time.

“In our last two home European games, albeit probably against lesser opposition than Shelbourne in Zalgiris and Vikingur, we’ve won 2-0 so we’ll settle for that again.”