Donegal forward Ryan McHugh reckons Dublin know how to win games better than any other team in the country.

McHugh helped to inflict the Dubs with their last championship defeat in 2014 with two goals which helped to steer the Tir Chonaill men into that year's All-Ireland SFC final and the Kilcar clubman says the capital men's hunger has only grown since.

"I think they're a lot more smart, a lot more streetwise. They're just getting more experienced, they know how to win games," McHugh told RTE Sport.

"They're extremely hard to play against. They're such a good team with experienced players all over the pitch, no matter where it is. Just runners coming from everywhere. You go out and you have to mark six forwards, it's hard to leave men free. You don't realise until you actually play against them.

"Maybe in 2014 they were...it's hard to know, if Diarmuid Connolly finishes the goal then we could be talking about a completely different thing. Football is thin margins.

"Mayo know more about that than any other team, it's extremely thin margins. You kick a point and you're the best team in Ireland. Unfortunately if you miss it you're the villain. That's the way it goes, it's football, you train all year, it's tough. It's such thin margins."

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