Derry can't fear anybody in last eight - Harte

Derry head Mickey Harte says location is "no constituent successful fearing anybody" successful nan All-Ireland quarter-finals aft an "action-packed" punishment shootout triumph complete Mayo.

Harte's broadside edged Mayo 4-3 aft a melodramatic shootout to book their spot successful adjacent week's All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals astatine Croke Park.

The sides were level six times crossed normal and extra-time arsenic nan nail-biting preliminary quarter-final successful Castlebar vanished 0-15 to 1-12.

Derry will look either Donegal, Kerry aliases Dublin successful Monday's quarter-final draw.

They cannot look Armagh having already played them successful nan group stages of nan All-Ireland series.

"It doesn't get immoderate easier from present connected it but nan beauty of it is we are successful nan draw," Harte said.

"You are going to person to look value sides. Whoever you propulsion retired connected Monday greeting they are going to beryllium a very bully broadside pinch a very bully play to date.

"You can't sneak your measurement into nan past four, you person to triumph your measurement into it."

Harte said location was "serious hostility passim nan game" arsenic Chrissy McKaigue's constituent heavy successful stoppage clip astatine nan extremity of regularisation clip took nan crippled to extra-time earlier Conor Loftus' precocious people forced penalties.

Conor Doherty dispatched nan decisive punishment for Derry arsenic Odhran Lynch saved efforts from Mayo's Paul Towey and Ryan O'Donoghue successful nan shoot-out.

After winning nan Allianz League Division One title complete Dublin successful March, Derry surrendered their Ulster crown to Donegal earlier losing to some Armagh and Galway successful nan All-Ireland series.

Victory complete Westmeath successful Newry past play ended that tally of 3 consecutive title defeats and kept their hopes of Sam Maguire live but it was connected nan full an unconvincing performance.

The Oak Leafers were overmuch amended successful Castlebar connected Saturday and, contempt needing a McKaigue constituent to unit extra-time, will apt consciousness they should person precocious earlier nan punishment shoot-out.

Harte said he was proud of his players, who "looked rather confident" successful nan shootout.

"We recovered ourselves successful a decent position astatine nan commencement of normal clip and we were successful a mediocre position towards nan extremity of normal time.

"It looked for illustration we were going retired of nan title aft a superior fight, but nan resoluteness was location to snatch nan draw.

"The extra-time mirrored nan game. It had each nan appearances of going each nan measurement arsenic a stalemate."

Despite his immense acquisition arsenic a manager, nan shooutout was Harte's first group of penalties successful Championship football.

He said it was "a lottery" and hoped nan anticipation of replays could beryllium reintroduced contempt a heavily-stacked shot calendar.

"Many would work together that it's not a adjacent measurement to determine a crippled arsenic it becomes a spot of a lottery.

"After nan crippled and extra-time, nan replay astir seems for illustration nan champion measurement to do it. But pinch nan tight dates successful nan almanac it's not imaginable astatine this infinitesimal of time."

While Derry kept their play alive, Tyrone’s came to a shuddering halt successful Healy Park connected Saturday pinch a daze 0-14 to 0-12 nonaccomplishment to Roscommon.

It was a first ever triumph for Roscommon complete Tyrone successful Championship shot and put nan Rossies done to their first All-Ireland SFC quarter-final since 2017.

Tyrone were severely disconnected nan gait successful nan first half and trailed 0-9 to 0-3 astatine nan break, which Red Hands subordinate Cathal McShane admitted was erstwhile nan harm was done.

“The spread was astir apt excessively large astatine half time, though we tried everything successful nan 2nd half,” said McShane.

“It’s difficult to put it into words.”

Tyrone somewhat improved successful nan 2nd half and sewage to wrong a constituent of Roscommon, trailing 0-13 to 0-12, pinch six minutes to go.

Darragh Canavan went for nan equaliser but nan changeable was narrowly wide, and it felt for illustration a large moment.

“Roscommon were objective and built that spread but we still believed we could claw it backmost and travel retired connected apical and it looked for illustration we were doing that,” insisted McShane.

“Darragh’s constituent that was fixed wide was nan 1 that would person brought america level, but it wasn’t to beryllium and we are very disappointed astir that.”