Former Glentoran star Conor McMenamin was on target against Celtic on Wednesday night
Former Glentoran winger McMenamin scored his first goal for the club in Wednesday night's narrow 2-1 defeat to Celtic at Parkhead.
The 28-year-old described his debut goal as a "childhood dream", scoring against the Scottish champions in Glasgow.Fellow Northern Ireland man Robinson described the goal as a "monkey off his back", and has tipped McMenamin to kick on from the magical moment. "It's a monkey off his back,” Robinson told the club’s website. “He puts himself under a tremendous amount of pressure.
"We are really happy with him. We changed after half-time and played him in behind the striker which helped us a little bit more. We gained a little bit more territory in terms of our press. "With tiredness we had the opportunity to shake it up with forward players and we did. It almost worked. I'm pleased for Conor and I'm sure he will grow in confidence with that goal.McMenamin said on his own social media: "A childhood dream. Disappointed not to take anything from the game.
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