Monaghan boss Seamus McEnaney and his Tyrone counterpart Mickey Harte were gearing up for a relegation battle after yesterday's NFL Division 1 clash at Inniskeen.

And despite seeing his side suffer a third straight defeat, Harte was confident that the 2008 All-Ireland champions could avoid the drop.

"Absolutely," he replied when the question was put to him.

"We don't believe in dogfights, we believe in playing good football. I think we played plenty of good football today and we'll play enough good football to serve us well this year."

A bullish McEnaney said: "I don't think it would have made any difference who we were playing here in Inniskeen today, we were up for the fight. It was a very important win. We're going to need six points to stay in Division 1 - and we are hopeful that we will grind out four more points along the road."

He added: "Monaghan is better served by being in Division 1 and we will fight tooth and nail to stay here. It'll not make any odds, if it goes to play Kerry in Killarney to keep us in Division 1, well, then so be it." Tweet

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