Mayo forward Kevin McLoughlin has described Sunday's clash with Derry as a must-win.

In order to qualify for the semi-finals of the league, the Connacht champions need to beat the high-flying Oak Leaf County in Castlebar, having left a point behind them in Croke Park last weekend.

"Well we'd certainly be a bit disappointed that we didn't finish out the game," the Knockmore clubman says in The Irish Times of Saturday night's draw with 14-man Dublin. "And yeah I'd say it was one that got away, absolutely.

"I think the last goal definitely came a bit too easy. At the same time, we did have quite long spells of good performances, and maybe let ourselves down, a small bit, to give away the goals at the end so easily. Still that gives us something to work on.

"I'd say overall we were happy how we performed, in the attack, but maybe we do need to tighten up a little in defence. But we certainly feel we still got something out of it. It was our own downfall that we actually failed to win. Dublin can score goals, and that's something we have to tighten up on.

"We started again well in the second half, but those goals at the end, really, were what caught us.

"But we're just aiming at the Derry game now, on Sunday. It's a must win game for us, simple as that." Tweet

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