Vinny Corey: "We didn't win the match, we won a penalty shootout"

Monaghan converted nine of their ten spot kicks. 

RELIEF: Monaghan Manager Vincent Corey with Francie Hughes. Picture: INPHO/Ben Brady

You wouldn’t have thought it given the evidence of the penalty shootout in Croke Park on Saturday night but Monaghan manager Vinny Corey has revealed that his team hadn’t obsessively practising spotkicks in the run-up to their All-Ireland quarter-final against Armagh.

The Farney county ultimately prevailed in the tightest of games where neither team held more than a one-point lead over the course of the 90-plus minutes played and a total of 20 penalties, 17 of which were scored.