Jack O'Connor pleased that Kerry bounced back from 'unacceptable' display

Kerry manager Jack O'Connor was content his side bounced back from their "unacceptable" display in Croke Park last Saturday as they saw off Tyrone in Killarney this afternoon.

Ciarán Daly's late goal put a healthier complexion on the scoreline from the visitors' perspective but, in truth, Kerry were well in control throughout, dominating the middle passage of the game in particular, their lead generally hovering between seven and nine points.

The win lifted Kerry onto six points in Division 1 and helped excise some of the demons from last weekend's sobering 10-point loss to Dublin in Croke Park.

O'Connor, who admitted his charges were "tentative" in the early stages, said they had worked on improving their basics and their attitude in the intervening eight days.

"Of course it was important. Because that was an unacceptable display in Croke Park the last night," the Kerry boss told RTÉ's Sunday Sport afterwards.

"The Dubs are very good and they were right on it on the night. But we were poor.

"We worked during the week on getting the basics right, getting the attitude right. Being better on our kickouts. To a large extent, I thought we got those couple of things right."

The gap stood at eight points when Seanie O'Donnell weaved through the Kerry defence to lay on the goal for Daly and teed up a rather untidy finish to the game for the victors.

"It was a bit closer in the end that it should have been. We got a bit sloppy there in the second half and the Tyrone goal brought them back in it to an extent.

"I thought it was probably a seven or eight point game to be honest with you.

"But look we were determined to get out of here with a win - any kind of a win today. Happy enough with the performance but bit closer than it should have