Mickey Harte was left counting the cost of Peter Harte's early black card after Tyrone's Ulster SFC semi-final loss to Donegal.

The converted full forward's 11th minute dismissal came as a huge blow to the Red Hands' chances according to his uncle.

"Obviously we are very disappointed because we intended to perform much better than we did and intended to have a much better outcome than the one we got," the Tyrone manager lamented in the Ulster Herald.

"There were a few key incidents in the first half which changed the script of the game, one of them being the sending off of Peter Harte for this magnificent black card which didn't seem to me to fit any of the criteria necessary for the black card.

"I always felt that it was a deliberate pull down, a trip by hand or foot or obstruction of a player after he passed the ball. I don't know which of those categories that fell into. For me, it was just a mis-timed tackle that had a crucial outcome."

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