Dessie Farrell: Dublin's composure with 14 men provided platform for victory

Delight, rather than relief, was the manager's overriding emotion at game’s end

Dublin manager Dessie Farrell with Brian Fenton. Photo by Seb Daly/Sportsfile

Dublin’s composure during the 10 second-half minutes Robbie McDaid was in the sin bin provided them with the platform for victory, according to manager Dessie Farrell.

McDaid was black-carded deep in first-half stoppages for a challenge on Mayo forward Kevin McLoughlin, with the Connacht champions managing to shave only one point off Dublin’s two-point interval lead during the 10 minutes where they enjoyed a numerical advantage.