Eamonn Fitzmaurice has labelled Dublin's treatment of Kieran Donaghy as "rape and pillage".

The Kerry manager reckons Donaghy gets a raw deal from referees after he was denied a clear penalty in the closing stages of yesterday's Allianz League final defeat to Dublin.

"I'd have to see it on TV. In general, Kieran finds it very hard to get frees. It was part of the reason that we decided to play him out the field during the league because it frustrates him, it frustrates us looking in at it and before the ball comes in he gets a lot of treatment," Fitzmaurice fumed to the Irish Examiner.

"He doesn't get frees for it and, like I said, it was one of the reasons we decided to move him out the field to give him a bit of freedom and a chance to play a bit of football, which he has done very effectively for us during the league.

"Before half-time, when he was inside there, he caught a ball inside and there was a very soft free given out. There was basically rape and pillage going on inside in front of the goals at the other side in the second half and we didn't get anything."

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