‘I genuinely feel sorry for Paddy’: Jack O’Connor on Kerry’s five-goal smash and grab

This was Kerry’s opening fixture of 2025 after their clash with Donegal was postponed last weekend.

LATE LATE SHOW: Kerry manager Jack O'Connor and Derry manager Paddy Tally after the Allianz Football League Division 1 match between Derry and Kerry at Celtic Park. Pic: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

In the end, a glut of goals won the game. In the final minute of normal time, Kerry were three down. They left Celtic Park with a three-point win.

Paul Geaney was turned over, won it back and passed to Paudie Clifford who laid off to Donal O’Sullivan for the fourth goal. Substitutes Geaney and O’Sullivan linked up for the fifth from the resulting kickout. It was a stunning finish to a sensational game.