Sean Cavanagh believes Tyrone got a raw deal from referee Maurice Deegan against Kerry.

In particular, the skipper was aggrieved at the Laois match official's decision to deny Tyrone a second penalty in the 65th minute when Padraig McNulty appeared to be fouled by Aidan O'Mahony. Much to Tyrone's ire, the big substitute was yellow-carded for diving.

"I was five feet from it and it's just so hard to take," Cavanagh said.

"You don't want to be a sore loser, but you would wonder if that was at the other end of the field whether that same decision would have happened."

The Moy man suggested that the recent controversy surrounding Tiernan McCann's appeal may have influenced the referee's decision.

"Obviously, there's an awful lot of negativity around this team and it's for me to say just whether that's been fairly or unfairly, but all we're looking for is fair play and it was very hard to take.

"I think a couple of the frees they got at the other end, big Paudie (McNulty) had no real reason to go to ground, he was cutting inside his man, looking to get a goal at that stage.

"It's hard to take. He feels himself it should have been a penalty. I thought it was. On further review, it might be a different story."

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