Dublin manager Jim Gavin says there was no sense of panic in the dressing room at the interval despite the five-point interval deficit and praised his team's attitude to see off rivals Kerry in the All-Ireland semi-final.
The reigning champions looked to be well on course for a fourth final in six years after the opening exchanges and a point from Diarmuid Connolly put the Leinster champions 0-09 to 0-04 in front.
The Kerry supporters could have been forgiven for thinking that it was going to be a damage limitation exercise, but Munster champions rattled off the last six scores of the half to hit 2-05 without reply.
Goalkeeper Stephen Cluxton was uncharacteristically off-colour as Darran O’Sullivan and Paul Geaney raised green flags and a shell-shocked Dublin were happy to see the sanctuary of the dressing room to get to drips with the 10-point turnaround.
Gavin however insists that there was no sense of consternation among the players.
“We expected Kerry to get scores on the board, but maybe not in the manner of that 10 minute spell,” he told RTÉ Sport.
“There was no sense of panic in that Dublin dressing room. It was very calm, very composed.
“We needed to go back to our processes which we did in the second half and eked out the result.”
The Dublin manager said the “great composure” and the quality of the replacements bench was key to coming out the right side of the contest
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“There was questions asked by this great Kerry team and I thought they answered them all.”
Next up will be familiar foes Mayo in a repeat of the 2013 decider.
“We haven’t seen them since February. They haven’t been on our radar at all. We need to review this game and take what we can from it.”
