Until Saturday evening at Croke Park, Dublin had gone thirty games without tasting defeat in either league or championship. On 1st March 2015 a league trip to Killarney had seen them defeated by Kerry by 0-15 to 1-10 and since then, victory has always been theirs. What's more, they hadn't been beaten at home in the league since Cork in 2014.
And, until the 74th minute of their National Football League clash at home to Tyrone, it looked like that record would be lost. Tyrone had Dublin on the ropes, but the Dubs fought back like champions do to level with a monster Dean Rock '45 - after being five points down with ten minutes left - to see the game finish in a draw.
An Aidan McCrory goal in the second half complemented Tyrone goalkeeper Niall Morgan's save from a Dean Rock penalty earlier in the game - and, despite getting Mark Bradley sent off, Tyrone looked set to end the Dubs' run and set down a serious marker for the rest of the year. But the home team's incredible determination, drive and hunger saw them claim a dramatic draw through Rock's reliable right peg. The game finished Dublin 0-10, Tyrone 1-07.
This is @TyroneGAALive of old and it's beautiful to watch! #gaa
— MJ Tierney (@Mjtierney13) February 11, 2017
@TyroneGAALive will be disgusted leaving here with a draw #GAA #dubvtyr #dubs showed some fight back..now to warm up #Baltic
— Eamonn O’ Hara (@EamonnOHara8) February 11, 2017
It was low-scoring but I really enjoyed that! Well done to all the players - lousy conditions! #DUBvTYR #AllianzLeagues
— Des Cahill (@sportsdes) February 11, 2017
They're unbeatable #DUBvTYR
— David Kent (@KentoCCFC) February 11, 2017
Last five Dublin/Tyrone League games. Two draws, two one point wins for Dubs, one one point win for Tyrone. Summer meeting be interesting.
— Kieran Cunningham (@KCsixtyseven) February 11, 2017
What a match between dublin and Tyrone👏👏but jaysus Tyrone up by 5 with 10 to go how did they not see it out 🙈🙈 the dubs are unstoppable 🏐
— David Mc Teggart (@davymc17) February 11, 2017
We did well to get the draw and could have maybe won it. Fair play to this team, they never know when they're beaten. #31StillUnbeaten
— AllGAA (@AllGaa_) February 11, 2017
Credit Dublin and Tyrone...
— Adrian Logan (@OurLogie) February 11, 2017
Niall Sludden unreal, like a GAA Messi, ducking and diving, searing pace driving into space, ghosting past men
— Karl O'Kane (@KarlOKane) February 11, 2017
Now THAT was a game of Gaelic Football! #AllianzLeagues #Dublin #Tyrone
— Mark Meehan (@MarcasPadraig) February 11, 2017
