Tyrone manager Malachy O’Rourke says his side were punished for giving the ball away at “crucial times” in Sunday’s Division One defeat by Kerry.
David Clifford scored three goals as Kerry came from five points down with 13 players to claim a crucial 3-13 to 2-13 win.
O’Rourke said the result was “disappointing” in a wind-affected game at Pomeroy and Clifford was “ruthless” with his hat-trick of goals.
“The effort was very good but it’s disappointing we didn’t get something out of the game,” said O’Rourke.
“Overall, I’m happy with the way the boys dug in after a bad start but I’m just disappointed with the result.”
O’Rourke felt Tyrone did not make the most of their wind advantage in the first half and they were made to pay for not being clinical – unlike their opponents.
“We wanted to get off to a good start, but we just didn’t seem to have the energy we would have liked and, when we did get the ball up, we weren’t linking up as well as we would have liked,” he added.
“We knew at half-time, if we got our hands on the ball, we could control it and we would be very much in the game and that’s how it turned out.
“I thought with 10 minutes to go we were in a great position, but we just didn’t finish it out.
“Very disappointing for the boys because I know the effort they are putting in and they are working very hard – we just aren’t getting the results at the minute.”
Tyrone, who have one win in four matches, travel to unbeaten Galway in their fourth Division One match on 2 March.
