Brian Lohan relieved by Clare win: ‘It was a bit frantic towards the end’

The four-point difference was closer than Lohan would have liked

Clare manager Brian Lohan addresses his players. Picture: INPHO/Ryan Byrne

Perhaps the Germans have a word for it, given their genius for isolating a sensation with a term precise in its singularity.

What do you call it when a team is well on top for much of a game and yet finds its opponents a little too close for comfort as the clock ticks into the red?