‘Limerick didn’t take Dublin for granted’, insists John Kiely

Complacency wasn't a factor in Limerick's All-Ireland quarter-final exit, John Kiely insists.

DESERVED RESULT: Dublin manager Niall Ó Ceallacháin shakes hands with Limerick manager John Kiely. Pic: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile.

Always chasing. That's how it felt on the sideline on Saturday afternoon for Limerick manager John Kiely.

The pre-match All-Ireland favourites did lead for much of the first 25 minutes, and for a brief period between the 51st and 53rd minutes when they were 0-19 to 0-18 up, but they were, surprisingly, the hunters for the most part when they'd spent the guts of a decade being the hunted.