Kerry v Derry score recap and result from the Allianz Football ...
Derry have beaten Kerry in the opening round of the Allianz Football League.
After a back-and-forth battle in Tralee, Shane McGuigan struck a free in the dying seconds to give the reigning Ulster Champions a much-deserved win.
With Mickey Harte at the helm for the first time in the league, Derry set about making a statement and did so early doors by racing into a five-point lead as Kerry struggled against a strong breeze.
The Kingdom threatened to kick into life near the end of the first-half but could only manage to reduce the deficit to four at the break.
With the wind in their face, Derry kicked the first two scores of the second-half to open up a six-point lead before a fine Kerry score reduced the gap to five.
Leading 0-10 to 0-5, Derry looked in complete control but their grip on the game loosened when Ciaran McFaul was shown a black card for fouling Gavin White.
Seanie O'Shea kicked two with Derry down to 14, but McGuigan stretched the lead to four with another fine score.
Kerry reduced the gap to one following Conor Geaney's goal. Derry keeper Odhran Lynch was left stranded as he tried to join the attack and Geaney finished well into the empty goal.
Derry responded well to the goal with a couple of their own scores before Kerry corner back Dylan Casey found himself one-on-one with Lynch and rifled the ball home.
McFaul put Derry ahead by one before Kerry conspired to butcher two huge goal chances. On both occasions Stephen O'Brien tried to handpass to O'Shea to palm into the empty goal, but twice the Kerry duo made a mess of finishing the chance and Derry survived.
Graham O'Sullivan eventually equalized for Kerry and with Derry on the ropes, goalkeeper Shane Ryan bombed forward in search of a winner.
His high shot tailed wide and when Derry got a free-kick in front of the posts moments later, Shane McGuigan made no mistake and secured the two points for Harte's men.
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19:13Oisin Doherty
19:06KEY EVENT
Derry win it by a point!
19:05Oisin Doherty
Super run from Cormac Murphy who drives forward and draws the foul out of Dylan Casey. McGuigan will have a chance to kick the winner and he does!
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19:04Oisin Doherty
Shane Ryan bombs forward and takes on the long-range effort but it tails wide on the wind.
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19:02Oisin Doherty
Graham O'Sullivan calls a mark and the corner-back kicks a beauty.
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19:00Oisin Doherty
Seanie O'Shea slips and misses the 45.
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18:59Oisin Doherty
O'Brien ends up one on one and tries to slip in O'Shea again but McKaigue this time saves the goal. Kerry really should've scored a goal there.
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18:59Oisin Doherty
Almost another goal for Kerry! Barry Dan O'Sullivan's mark hits the post and Derry fall asleep. Stephen O'Brien wins the loose ball and tries to feed O'Shea but delays the pass too long and the defenders get back to stop the goal.
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18:57Oisin Doherty
McFaul puts Derry back in front. Brilliant play to break forward from Lynch. Derry lead by one again.
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18:56KEY EVENT
Dylan Casey exchanges a 1-2 with Graham O'Sullivan and the corner back finishes in style with the side of his right foot.
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18:55Oisin Doherty
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18:52Oisin Doherty
Brilliant from Declan Cassidy to kick a huge score under pressure. Great break from Rodgers again there in the build-up to that score.
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18:51KEY EVENT
Brendan Rodgers loses the ball and Odhran Lynch is stranded out of the goal and Conor Geaney kicks into the empty net.
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18:48Oisin Doherty
McGuigan with a stunning score off his left-foot from near the touchline. Great kick from the Derry man.
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18:45Oisin Doherty
O'Shea with another score.
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18:43Oisin Doherty
Seanie O'Shea with a cracking long-range free-kick.
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18:36Oisin Doherty
Ciaran McFaul is shown a black card for pulling down Gavin White. Derry down to 14-men for the next 10 minutes.
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18:34Oisin Doherty
The gap is cut back to five points.
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18:32Oisin Doherty
Another score for Derry.
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18:30Oisin Doherty
McGuigan clips over.
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18:27Oisin Doherty
The second-half is under way.
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18:27Oisin Doherty
18:10KEY EVENT
Cracking first half.
18:05Oisin Doherty
Another stunning break from Derry. Lynch plays a big role in that play from the keeper position and Rodgers winds up scooping one over off his left-peg.
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18:04Oisin Doherty
Great play initially from Cillian Bourke to jink past a couple before hitting the deck when a shot was on. Derry turn the ball over and win a free.
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17:59Oisin Doherty
Early sub for Kerry in the midfield. Sean O'Brien replaced by Barry Dan O'Sullivan of Dingle. McGuigan turned over by O'Beaglaoich and the crowd are well into this one now.
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17:58Oisin Doherty
Dara Moynihan scores Kerry's second in succession.
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17:57Oisin Doherty
A nice move from Kerry and O'Shea is swallowed up but wins a free in the process and curls over for Kerry's first score since the 10th minute of the game. Three now for O'Shea.
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17:55Oisin Doherty
Jason Foley slips and is penalised for touching the ball on the ground. McGuigan takes it off his left foot from a difficult angle but curls the ball in beautifully on the wind.
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