'They penned us in, we couldn't get out' - Gabriel Bannigan explains Monaghan's second half collapse against Donegal
Donegal show their class after their break as they storm into All-Ireland semi-finals
Donegal manager Jim McGuinness with Monaghan manager Gabriel Bannigan after the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship quarter-final match against Monaghan at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile
Thirty minutes had passed since Monaghan's second-half collapse against Donegal in the All-Ireland SFC quarter-final and Gabriel Bannigan was still trying to figure out where it all went wrong.
The Farney men were in control at the break, having played some champagne football with Rory Beggan's late two-pointer sending them striding down the Cusack Stand steps with a seven-point lead, 1-15 to 0-11.
