Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. You can check out at any time. More info Cork boss Pat Ryan insisted that he was happy with a draw despite watching his side blow a 12-point advantage against Clare. Leading by a dozen at the break, two Clare goals early in the second half slashed it to five but Cork recovered to lead by nine and were still seven in front by the 69th minute despite Shane Barrett’s sending off. But Peter Duggan hit a third Banner goal, with a string of points then putting them in front before Declan Dalton’s free salvaged a draw for Ryan’s side in the eighth minute of injury time. Ryan said: “I thought we showed a great battle to get back into the game. The game looked to be gone away from us. Obviously we were seven, eight, nine points up. I thought we did well, even after Shane's sending off, we held it. “But look, these are the All-Ireland champions at home. I'd have taken a point this morning. This isn't a sprint Munster championship, this is a marathon.” Barrett was given his marching orders for lashing out at Clare’s David Reidy in the 57th minute and now stands to miss next Sunday’s tie with Tipperary at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh. “Obviously, Shane is by no means a dirty player so I don't know why we're down there,” Ryan insisted. “But from our point of view, it's a disappointment that we got involved in any situation like that. You have to keep your discipline above here.” Elaborating on the impact of the red card, Ryan admitted “you're not going to hold a team as good as Clare if you've only 14 men”. He added: “They were always going to come at us, they've brilliant players. They're All-Ireland champions for a reason, they've great pride. “We were probably set up a small bit coming up here and we knew what we were going to get. “Look that's the reason we performed so well in the first half, but from our point of view it's just disappointing, that 10 minutes after half-time, but I thought we played very well then up to 22nd minute, 23rd, 24th minute, and kind of held them away from us. But look, you just can't play with 14.” Meanwhile, Clare manager Brian Lohan commended his players’ spirit after being in a seemingly hopeless situation at half-time. He said: “We’re just delighted with our lads. Just delighted with them. They give so much and have done for a number of years. We don’t always win but they always give that bit of fight and we’re delighted with that and that’s really what our supporters are looking for. Lohan added that he had no gripe with Clare’s underdogs’ status going into the game despite being All-Ireland champions. “Ah I don’t think so. That’s fair enough. We hadn’t played well all year and Cork had played so well in all of their matches but League is League and Championship is Championship so we always felt that we had a shout and we had a chance and that’s how it turned out.” To keep up to date with all the latest GAA news, sign-up to our GAA newsletter here.