Éamonn Fitzmaurice: Kerry play the percentages, Mayo go full gas

Dublin came with a plan, disrupted the favourites, came out on the wrong side of a couple of big calls, died with their boots on but ultimately lost. Sound familiar? Remember 2016.

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN: Kerry’s Joe O’Connor races clear of Dublin’s Charlie McMorrow. Pic: Ray McManus/Sportsfile

Kerry and Dublin battles regularly take on a life of their own, with form and the standing in the pecking order irrelevant.

There is too much history for either side to take a backward step or not to give the best of themselves, which lent itself to a physical and tactical encounter in Croke Park yesterday.