MUCH like Jack O’Connor down the sideline from him, Dessie Farrell was plotting for extra time before Sean O’Shea’s late, late intervention.
“I was starting to go into overdrive in terms of what we needed to do and we’d a plan in place for it anyway,” said the Dublin manager. “But a plan is all well and good until you get punched in the nose as Mike Tyson said.
“It was just an immense kick. That breeze was difficult to kick into. I don’t know whether it died a little in the second half, but it was a touch of class.