Donegal manager Rory Gallagher adopted the adage 'goals win games' when reflecting on his side's All-Ireland SFC quarter-final exit.

"It's very disappointing," he admitted to The Examiner shortly after the final whistle this evening.

"We came down and we thought it was going to be nip and tuck, and that's probably how it was panning out coming up to half-time.

"Obviously the two goals were big game-changers, probably more so the second one. It was probably a small bit fortunate, but it left us with too much to do, and to be honest, Mayo ran out fairly comfortable.

"I felt Mayo were marginally the better team in the first half, but when the second goal went in, it would appear it was a bridge too far for us.

"We needed a goal to kick us into life, but their second goal was a massive game-changer."

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