Eamonn Fitzmaurice ‘bites lip’ on referee’s display

At a time when he could have been forgiven for cutting loose, Eamonn Fitzmaurice chose not to.

And so he chose to plead the fifth when asked to assess the performance of match referee David Gough. Plenty of other managers in Fitzmaurice’s situation would have went nuclear but he wasn’t for budging.

The free count favoured Dublin 22-13 and Gough chose to ignore Kevin McManamon’s hit on Peter Crowley in stoppage time, with Kerry a point down.