Dublin 1-23 Offaly 0-27
14-man Dublin beaten by Offaly after injury-time winner from a Dan Ravenhill free.
Conor Burke was sent-off in the second-half as the Faithful county overcame a four point deficit at the break to inflict a first defeat of the Niall Ó Ceallacháin era.
Brian Hayes' late goal gave Dublin the platform for victory before Brian Duignan inspired Offaly to snatch the win in the final moments.
Conor Burke got the first of his three first-half points inside 70 seconds to open the scoring.
Dublin boss Niall Ó Ceallacháin started three Na Fianna men from after their All-Ireland success, brothers Donal and Kevin Burke and Colin Currie all featured from the off.
Donal Burke made his impact immediately, he got his first score of the day to put Dublin into an early two point lead.
Oisin Kelly and Killian Sampson were the main focal points in attack for the Faithful, the latter got their first score of the day after three minutes.
Conor Burke was once again on the scoresheet a minute later before Offaly's centre-forward, Dan Bourke cut the deficit back to one after 5 minutes.
Dublin were finding plenty of space around the middle third with the likes of Conor Donohue, Brendan Kenny and Fergal Whitely all profiting to get on the scoresheet in the opening half.
Whitely's first point came after 14 minutes after fine work from the lively Diarmuid Ó Dulaing, he found the Kilmacud Crokes's man in space with a lovely cross-field pass.
Offaly began to find their feet as the first-half went on, the dangerous Oisin Kelly scored three points in quick succession to bring the visitors into the contest.
Eddie Gibbons' quick restarts set the platform for lots of Dublin attacks, Paddy Smyth got in on the scoring act after sauntering up the field unopposed in the 27th minute to put the Boys in Blue into the lead by eleven points to eight.
There was only one change to the orginally named starting fifteen with Brendan Kenny replacing John Hetherton, the young Crokes man impressed with his breaking-ball winning ability, he capped off a fine individual opening-half with a stunning score from a tight angle after 30 minutes.
The first goal chance for the Dubs came with the final action of the first-half, a stunning catch from Ó Dúlaing opened up space to get his shot away but the Faithful's captain Ciaran Burke made a fine recovery on the line to deny the goal, meaning it was only a four point lead Dublin took with them into the break.
Dublin got the opening score after the resumption when Colin Currie slotted home a free to stretch the lead to five before four unanswered points from Offaly brought them to within a point.
Donal Burke took on the free taking duties after Currie was replaced in the 41st minute, and the Na Fianna man once proved his importance to this Dublin side, he hit three points in-a-row to give Dublin back a four point lead in the 54th minute.
Offaly hit back with two points of their own, the first coming from a lovely effort from Dan Ravenhill and then a Brian Duignan score from distance cut the deficit back to two.
The Boys in Blue responded with two points, the first from substitute Sean Currie before Paddy Smyth got his second of the day. Duignan and Donal Burke traded frees before the deficit was back to two when Oisin Kelly got his fourth of the game with a long-range effort.
The tempo and the temperature of the game was ramping up, Conor Burke was sent-off for his involvement in an off-the-ball incident in the 65th minute. Dan Ravenhill pointed the resulting free leaving it a one point game before Duignan levelled the teams in the 68th minute.
Oisin Kelly put the Faithful county infront for the first time in the 68th minute before points from Duignan extended the lead to two shortly after. A free from Donal Burke put the Dubs back in touching distance before the only goal of the game came from Brian Hayes to send the Dubs into a two point lead.
Dan Bourke and Donal Burke traded points and the scores were level when Offaly were awarded a controversial free late-on which Dan Ravenhill scored to give Offaly the win.
Ó Ceallacháin was unhappy at the awarding of the late free but Dublin will live to fight another day as their bid for promotion will continue next weekend in Walsh Park against Waterford.
Dublin Scorers: D Burke 0-07(4f), B Hayes 1-00, C Burke 0-04, C Currie 0-03 (1f, 1 65), Whitely 0-03, Smyth 0-02, Donohue 0-01, Kenny 0-01, Smyth 0-01
Dublin: Eddie Gibbons; John Bellew, David Lucey, Paddy Smyth, Kevin Burke (Paul O'Dea 60'), Chris Crummey, Daire Gray, Conor Burke, Darragh Power, Conor Donohue (Sean Currie 51'), Donal Burke, Fergal Whitely (John Hetherton 67'), Colin Currie (David Purcell 41'), Brendan Kenny (Brian Hayes 43'), Diarmuid Ó Dúlaing
Subs not used: Sean Brennan, Iain Ó hEithir, Jack Lambert, Diarmuid Ó Floinn, Dara Purcell, Cillian Hayes,
