Jack O’Connor: ‘It was obvious that Donegal were a fair bit ahead of us’
Against Donegal on Saturday, Diarmuid O’Connor struck for a goal to cut a four-point deficit to one point after 62 minutes, but lightning wasn’t about to strike twice.weathered whatever storm was on the horizon before hosts really began to blow back, and two points from substitute Jamie Brennan and another from Conor O’Donnell ensured Jim McGuinness’s men got out of Killarney with a two-point win and two more league points.
“We possibly could have got something out of it. I would say in many ways we played better than we did last Sunday, without getting anything out of the game. A lot of positives, we fought back well,” said O’Connor. Scores from O’Shea, Conor Geaney, Barry Dan O’Sullivan and Dylan Geaney made it 0-5 apiece after 20 minutes.
Tom O’Sullivan pointed for Kerry, but one from McBrearty and two from Ryan McHugh put Donegal six ahead after 48 minutes. “A wee bit like last weekend, they managed to weather the storm and get important scores at important moments and seen it out. I’d prefer not to be in that situation but I am not sure if that is going to be a reality for any team moving forward,” the Donegal manager said.
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