Baker laments ’suicidal’ defending

Ollie Baker described Offaly’s defending that led to Galway’s early three goals as “suicidal”.

“It was suicidal defending for the first 15 minutes and Galway got goals,” said the Clare native. “It was just defenders not standing up, not turning the man backwards and once they got past us... We just gave away one or two soft goals and once you do that you’re fighting an uphill battle completely. We got back into the game and just before half-time we got them back to four points and missed a couple of chances. The goal before half-time was a cruel blow.”

Baker felt Galway’s fourth goal before the break was the moment when the game was won and lost.