MAYO’S AIDAN O’SHEA admitted he was head butted in today’s All-Ireland semi-final but insists it is not up to him to judge on sanctions for such incidents.
Dublin’s Philly McMahon could be in hot water over the second-half incident at Croke Park if the CCCC opt to take action after the drawn clash.
“I was head butted alright,” stated O’Shea.
“But sure that is not for me to enforce the rules of the game but there was plenty of more things out there that the referee missed too.”
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O’Shea didn’t feel it was a nasty game and was unsure whether he should have been awarded a penalty in the first-half after being challenged by Cian O’Sullivan and McMahon.
“(I) thought it was a good competitive game out there, some good one-on-one combat.
“Referee, Joe, thought he had a good game for the most part. You are not going to get everything right. (I) thought there were some contact but I will have to look back on the tape.
“There were a few frees I would have won, a few more frees I could have got.”
O’Shea may have been held scoreless but he still was heavily involved as Mayo launched a dramatic late fightback. It means for the second successive year Mayo will be facing a replay at the All-Ireland semi-final stage.
“Thinking with 10 minutes to go that we were under pressure here.
“Goal came at a crucial time for them, when we had them under pressure, and it looked like they were going to pull away.
“But boys stuck at it, we started winning a bit more ball around the middle, forced a few of their kickouts long, which helped as well.
“We got a few runners going forward and Andy got a few big scores, we just took our chances.
“We have been here before, recovery is key now over the next six days. We know that from last year.
“It takes a lot out of the body so we just have to recover right and get a few more details correct for next week and try to get over the line.”
