All-Ireland Football Final: Jim Gavin says referee calls didn't go Dublin's way

Meath referee David Gough sent off Jonny Cooper (left) just before half-time

Dublin manager Jim Gavin believes a number of tight refereeing calls didn't go his team's way in Sunday's drawn All-Ireland Final against Kerry.

Gavin didn't go into specifics but one of David Gough's key decisions was the dismissal of Dublin full-back Jonny Cooper before half-time.

Kerry defender Tom O'Sullivan later looked fortunate not to be sent off.

"In these game some calls go for you, some go against you," Gavin told Sky Sports after the 1-16 to 1-16 draw.

"They didn't go for us today. That's just the way it is.

"We had a top-class referee out there today. One of the best that's around. We can have no complaints. We just have to dust ourselves down and move on."

Dubs didn't get performance 'we wanted' - Gavin

Dublin were seeking an unprecedented fifth successive All-Ireland senior title in either football or hurling but Gavin said that his side "didn't get the performance we wanted" in the thrilling contest.

"Individually there was some good stuff but the collective wasn't good enough on the day.

"We turned an awful lot of the ball over. Our shot execution wasn't what it was in previous games.

"I'm sure with the standards the players set themselves, they won't be happy with that.

"But we've got the opportunity to go back and reflect on the game and prepare as best we can for another game against Kerry in 13 days' time."

Killian Spillane's goal helped Kerry earn a draw in an absorbing contest at Croke Park

Despite the manager's unhappiness with the team's overall display, he did praise their composure in the closing stages when it appeared that the five-in-a-row was slipping away as Kerry led for a eight-minute period between the 66th and 74th minutes.

"You could see that coming through in the last few minutes. A point down, 72 gone on the clock.

"The momentum [was] going away from them and they still kept their discipline, tackled and turned Kerry over a couple of times.

"We could have got a few more scores but it is what it is now."

Keane hopeful Kerry haven't missed the boat

Kerry manager Peter Keane says he remains hopeful his side can complete the job on 14 September despite the widespread view that they may have missed the boat.

"A draw's a draw and we'll go again in a couple of weeks," said the Kingdom manager.

"We didn't come here to make up the numbers and we're not going to do that in two weeks either."

Having trailed by four points at half-time, a flurry of scores, including Killian Spillane's goal, put the Green and Gold within touching distance of their first title since 2014.

However, the five-in-a-row seeking Dubs levelled deep into stoppage-time through Rock, who subsequently put a difficult free wide from the left-hand sideline.

Few pundits expected Peter Keane's Kerry to match Dublin but the Kingdom led the game deep into injury-time

Experience will help us - Keane

After a breathless finish, Keane feels as though the experience will stand his players in good stead ahead of the re-run.

"I thought we got a lot more experience out of today," he said.

"We got subs who came on and all delivered and that experience will stand to us. We missed seven or eight chances and couldn't convert a couple of goalscoring chances but we were happy with it.

"There are lots of areas we can improve on but the Dublin guys are probably in there thinking the same thing. We're going to gather ourselves and we'll see where we go from there."