Cork manager Pat Ryan says there are still areas in which his side can improve following today’s trouncing of Dublin at Croke Park.

The Rebels moved into their second consecutive All-Ireland senior hurling championship final after handing the capital men an emphatic 7-26 to 2-21 defeat at headquarters.

Brian Hayes (2), Alan Connolly (3) and Tim O’Mahony (2) bagged the goals in the 20-point win for the Munster champions and, speaking to RTE Sport afterwards, Ryan said his side cannot take their foot off the pedal as they get set to face either Kilkenny or Tipperary for the Liam MacCarthy Cup in a fortnight.

"I’m delighted, we came up here to win, that was the key aim," said the Leesiders boss. "We knew we were coming up against a formidable team after the way they played (against Limerick) and we prepared really well for them.

"We knew the last three or four weeks have gone really well. We were disappointed by one or two injuries today that left us short but we did well.

"But having said that, there were still areas that we weren’t happy with. Our efficiency wasn’t good enough, our tackles from behind weren’t good enough and we gave away one or two sloppy goals that we weren’t happy with.

"That’s something that we’ll work on, everything needs to be perfect from now on. For an All-Ireland final it wasn’t perfect last year, so we need to be perfect in two weeks’ time.

"You just can't take the foot off the pedal. We will train really well over the next two weeks, that's our plan and we’ll hopefully will go one better we did last year."

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