Waterford boss Liam Cahill described yesterday’s defeat to Clare as “one of the flattest performances” of his reign in the Deise County.

Last year’s All-Ireland finalists exited the Munster senior hurling championship off the back of a 1-22 to 0-21 loss and Cahill was making no excuses after the defeat in Thurles.

"We could have been beaten by a lot more to be honest," he is quoted saying by Sky Sports.

"That was one of the flattest performances of my reign here. Bitterly disappointed. Can't really put my finger on it to be honest.

"We came up short in a lot of areas. We found it very hard to win breaking ball in the middle of the field. When we tried to take it on and break the lines a little, we failed. And, you know, passes didn't go to hand.

"There was a movement on our puck-outs, but when you're looking in at a flat team, it's very, very hard to try and make the positional changes to correct these things. We tried desperately to get energy on the field. We probably did there finishing up near the end and credit to the subs that came on. Bitterly disappointing day for me and the players."

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