Murphy was warned against starting

MICHAEL MURPHY revealed he was under medical instruction not to start their quarter-final against Kildare.

The Donegal captain came on in the 27th minute and played until the end of extra-time (almost 80 minutes of football in total), winning the ball to establish the attack for Kevin Cassidy’s winning point.

“I had a bit of hamstring bother, I picked up a slight tear in the hamstring last week at training,” said the Glenswilly man, who had taken painkillers to get through the game.