Declan Bonner expressed satisfaction with Donegal's performance against Roscommon.

The Tir Chonaill men bounced back from last weekend's defeat to Dublin with a seven-point victory over Roscommon to set up a winner-takes-all Super 8s showdown with neighbours Tyrone.

"It was a good performance, the lads really dug deep. We came back to training on Monday and looked back on the Dublin match. We made a lot of mistakes and felt we probably didn't do ourselves justice but it was great to come down here and get a victory," the Donegal manager told RTE.

"It's always difficult coming down to Hyde Park, I felt the lads controlled the game and it was a good performance. 

"Being the type of man I am, I probably felt we could have had a few more scores on the board. I thought we got a wee bit sloppy at times in the second half but overall, the performance was very, very good. The lads put in a big shift, the 15 that started and the six guys that came off the bench and worked hard."

He added: "When we went into Croke Park, we just felt we maybe showed Dublin a little bit too much respect at times. They are a quality side, they won the last three All-Irelands and we knew it was going to be difficult.

"But I think the lads played there [today] with belief and expressed themselves. They kicked 20 points and it's a nice score to get."

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