THE 60-SECOND REPORT

MAIN MAN

Kerry were best served by Shane Murphy, who got a initial save in on both Dublin goals, Micheal Burns and Clifford, while Dublin defender Jonny Cooper, midfielder Michael Darragh Macauley, and forwards Niall Scully, Paddy Andrews and CIARAN KILKENNY were best for the winners, with Kilkenny most influential of the lot.

KEY MOMENT

With Kerry trailing by three points after 23 minutes Sean O’Shea got inside Cluxton and had a clean shot on the Dublin goal with just Jonny Cooper on the goal line. O’Shea sliced his shot badly wide when a Kerry goal would have been a great shot in the arm for Kerry at that stage. The loss of O’Shea and Paul Geaney to injury at half time hardly helped Kerry’s cause either.

TALKING POINT

Are Dublin just that good and far ahead, or are Kerry in trouble in terms of their own progress and development as a team? No one is getting down on the youngsters here, in fact most did quite well here overall, but in general terms Kerry seemed to lack heart and guts and leadership and an obvious game plan to deal with Dublin. Physically and in the tackle Kerry looked well inferior to Dublin also.