Éamonn Fitzmaurice: If this is what lies ahead, we are in for some entertainment

Tyrone and Monaghan was a brilliantly entertaining game of football. Both teams went at it, abandoning sweepers as the game went on and the game took on a chaotic shape

OUTPOURING: Conor McManus of Monaghan celebrates at the final whistle after his side's victory in the Ulster GAA Football Senior Championship quarter-final against Tyrone at O'Neill's Healy Park. Pic: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

The thing we all tend to forget when it comes to football in general, and championship in particular, is that the competitive instincts almost always come to the fore. 

Regardless of consequences down the road no one wants to lose a match, least of all to local and oftentimes bitter rivals. This was a brilliantly entertaining game of football. Both teams went at it, abandoning sweepers as the game went on and the game took on a chaotic shape. If this is what lies ahead for the summer we are in for some entertainment.