McDonnell bemoans missed chance

ARMAGH manager Peter McDonnell felt the Ulster champions ‘were unfortunate not to get something’ out of their long-awaited clash in St Tiernach’s Park yesterday.

It had been a big plus, he said, to observe that the All-Ireland champions were ‘distinctly uncomfortable’ after a Ronan Clarke goal had revived his team’s hopes of victory, but they could not ultimately be satisfied with the outcome.

“We controlled that game for the first 20 minutes, (but) we failed to take the scoring opportunities that had arisen for us and we failed to be more ruthless in front of goal in that period. Tyrone got a goal against the run of play and ultimately that was the score that separated the sides.’’