James Horan was making no excuses after Mayo's defeat to Derry.

The Mayo manager admitted that his side had looked 'flat' in losing to the ever-improving Oak Leafers, who had midfielder Fergal Doherty sent off in the first half.

"Derry were very good. They came very strong at the end and if they'd kept going they would have pulled away by more," he said.

"The best of luck to them it's good to see a team coming through like that. They're young and hungry and absolutely deserved the win. Our work-rate and preparation must have been a little bit off today because we were flat in a number of things so we need to have a serious review."

Horan dismissed the notion that Mayo had over-trained in the lead-up to yesterday's game.

"We're training heavy, but we looked flat today. It's not training that would have players that flat," he continued.

"Maybe our prep was off so we need to look at what we're doing and trying to do. We need to correct this and quickly but we will, we will." Tweet

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