Three moments that mattered in the drawn All-Ireland

Here are three major turning points from yesterday’s drawn game...

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The first own goal was bad enough but the second had the potential to rip the heart out of Mayo completely, particularly given the fact that David Clarke had kept out another Brian Fenton effort with his legs in between the two calamities. Think of it — you keep Dublin forwards scoreless for the first half-hour and still trail by a goal. The response, then, was exceptional. Andy Moran fielding a superb diagonal ball in and feeding Donal Vaughan for a superbly-taken point. Dublin would ultimately push ahead by double scores by the break but Mayo’s refusal to accept what seemed like the cruel hand of fate – twice – set the tone for the last-gasp fightback in second-half injury-time.