A crestfallen Jim McGuinness admitted that Donegal’s All-Ireland SFC semi-final defeat was a “tough one to take”.

"Very disappointed, very, very disappointed," he told the assembled media after Galway edged a titanic tussle by two points.

"We thought we really had a chance of getting through and going to the final. I suppose the summary of it will be we converted five of 14 in the second half, and converted 10 from 14 in the first half.

"We ran out of steam a wee bit coming down the stretch. I think Galway looked a bit more battle-hardened than us, maybe that experience of a couple of years ago (when reaching the All-Ireland final) was beneficial to them.”

The Donegal managed added: “It is a tough one to take, but that’s football. Big games are decided on moments and there were a couple of moments there when the rub of the green wasn’t with us as well. The game ended a two-point game. The goal was very fortuitous.

"We had two brilliant blocks, defensively, and the ball fell to a Galway man. You know after two brilliant defensive blocks. So those wee bits and pieces as well.”

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