Conor McManus wasn't surprised to see Monaghan veterans Dessie Mone and Vinny Corey deliver the goods against Tyrone.

Corey (35) and Mone (33) rolled back the years to produce vintage performances as the Farney County dethroned the Red Hands in Omagh and 30-year-old McManus expected nothing less from his long-serving club and county team-mates:

"That is what you expect from your key players and from your senior players," the Clontibret hotshot told The Irish Daily Mirror. "Coming down there to Omagh to play the back-to-back Ulster champions is never going to be easy. You expect that and some days it goes for you and others it doesn't.

"And if it is not going for you, there are men on the bench there who are able to come in and that is what having a panel is about.

"Boys like Dessie and Vinny have been around for a long time, they carry a lot of experience on the field and in the dressing room as well. You can't buy that experience or quality and it is still great to see them strutting their stuff."

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