Second goal a killer, says Sars manager

For Sarsfields manager Eamonn Kelleher, the game lived up his prediction of a tight encounter and while obviously saddened at the loss, he was philosophical enough to accept that was the nature of the game.

“It’s very disappointing, obviously,” he said, “but it could have gone either way.

“I said earlier in the week there would only be a puck of a ball in it and that’s the way it turned out really, Midleton got the points late on.