'Tonight is our turn to face the medicine' - First-half performance cost Limerick in the end, says John Kiely

The Treaty boss praised his side's contribution to a classic encounter.

Limerick manager John Kiely at SuperValu Páirc Ui Chaoimh. Pic: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Limerick manager John Kiely said their slow first-half cost them as his side lost out by two points at the hands of Cork in SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh. While they did reset like champions and found their energy, they were overtaken at the death.

“We were poor in the first half,” he said. “We have to put our hands up and say Cork were by far the better team in the first half. We struggled on breaking ball, we struggled on puckout. Just didn’t give ourselves enough passages of play where we were able to build play. That was disappointing.