Pete McGrath accused Donegal of gamesmanship after Fermanagh's defeat in Ballybofey.

The Erne County boss cut a frustrated figure after his side failed to capitalise on Neil McGee's sending off just before half-time.

He said: "Donegal had a lot of gamesmanship out there today whether you like it or not. Let's call a spade a spade. I mean, the number of times Donegal players went down, in some instances feigning injury, just to stop the clock, to break the play up. And the referee fell for it."

The two-time All-Ireland winning manager with Down also hit out at the length of time it took to allow Sean Quigley take his penalty which was saved by Mark Anthony McGinley on the stroke of half-time.

"For him [referee Maurice Deegan] to allow that amount of time to elapse and the penalty being taken, I mean, that's unacceptable.

"Let's see what the authorities do about it. I mean, they will do nothing of course, because it's Fermanagh. If it was Dublin on the receiving end of it they might do something about it, but because it's Fermanagh…"

Fermanagh must now ready themselves for a trip to Wexford in the first round of the All-Ireland qualifiers on June 25.

"We just have to take a step back, sort a few things out that happened today and a few things that didn't happen today. If we can do that, I would be utterly confident we would go to Wexford to win that game," McGrath added.

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