Eamonn Fitzmaurice: "It was a poor performance, simple as that"

Dublin 2-14 Kerry 0-14: The essence of a rivalry is give and take. Right now, in fact, for as long as some care to remember, it is Dublin who have been doing all the taking.

Earlier in the week, Marc Ó Sé admitted last September’s three-point defeat was flattering. In comparison, this six-point reverse was positively deceptive.

Kerry had goal chances but they were dwarfed by those created at their own end and Eamonn Fitzmaurice knew it. “It’s not as if it’s game over for us or anything like that but we’re lucky that we don’t have a minus 10 or minus 12 scoring difference going down the road.”