Henry Shefflin admitted there was hurt in the Galway dressing-room after his side coughed up a six point lead as Chadwicks Wexford Park yesterday.
Wexford grabbed a share of the spoils in dramatic fashion, with Conor McDonald's 63rd minute goal handing Darragh Egan's men a lifeline.
Then super sub Lee Chin fired over four late points during five minutes of injury time to earn Wexford a share of the spoils.
That will have left a bitter taste for Shefflin as he watched Galway dominate the first half and take a six-point lead into the break.
It should have been much more but the Tribesmen hit 10 wides inside the first 23 minutes. Shefflin's belief is that Galway left an opening victory behind.
The Kilkenny legend said: "I’m sure Wexford think the opposite, but for me yes, it is (the case), because the match was in our grasp, and after 72 minutes we were two points up.
"So yes, absolutely. Are we disappointed in the dressing room? Yes, and it should hurt.
"But look, we’ll pick it up and reassess and go for next week with Westmeath.
"That’s the way this campaign is and this is the beauty for everyone else of the round-robin.
"We still have three games at home and that’s where we need to start strong and get the win up in Salthill."
However Conor Cooney may now be added to Galway's injury list as he suffered a second half hamstring injury. Jason Flynn and Ronan Glynn also have hamstring issues and will miss several weeks.
Wexford will take a lot from their second half comeback because they looked dead and buried until late in the opening period.
The visitors blitzed them early on, Brian Concannon's goal getting Galway off to the start they wanted but Conor Cooney's three wides inside the first four minutes also set the tone.
McDonald and Rory O'Connor kept Wexford in the game - McDonald was taking on Galway's full-back line on his own at times.
But when he won a 36th minute penalty off Gearóid McInerney, regular penalty taker Mark Fanning blazed his effort just over the crossbar and Wexford were six points adrift at the break.
However, there was enough encouragement in their play late in the half for Wexford to come back out on the front foot and O'Connor's free made it a four-point game with half an hour left.
The St Martin's marksman had chances soon after to reduce the deficit still further from distance without success.
Galway still looked comfortable until seven minutes from the end of normal time, when McDonald put Wexford back into the contest.
The full-forward fielded the high ball, then went to kick at goal but instead flicked a precision shot into the far corner.
Tom Monaghan scored a point in response for Galway. It was to be their last as the pressure came on - and Chin was unerring in doling out the punishment for the visitors' indiscipline.
