Fan footage shows vicious cheap shot on Armagh star which led to red card

Nasty, nasty!

It was not picked up by TV cameras, but fan footage shows that the Farney man was more than deserving of a red card.

After barging into each other, McElearney then hit O'Neill with a strong punch in the stomach, causing the Orchard star to crumple to the ground.

You can watch the incident below.

After the game, Armagh boss Kieran McGeeney said: "We made hard work of it and credit has to go to Monaghan for coming back.

"We were eight points up and just seemed to let it slip away but in extra time they showed their class.

"We've been pushing for quite a while and it's a great day for them and Armagh, but back to porridge tomorrow.

"I was lucky enough to have a lot of good days in the Ulster Championship but for those boys, it means a lot."

"I just said 'we've been here before.

"This is not new to them so they know the difference between those 10 minutes [first half of extra time] and the first 10 minutes of a game and it's importance, the coolness and composure.

"At eight points up [in normal time] they maybe thought they had it, but Monaghan has that habit in the last 20 minutes [to come back].

"It was squeaky bum time for the last five minutes and both teams have composure, but in extra time the boys did well."

Armagh: B Hughes; P McGrane, A McKay, P Burns; G McCabe, T Kelly (1-00), J Og Burns (0-3, 1tp); J McElroy (0-02), J Duffy (0-02); D McMullen (0-01), A Murnin (0-02), T McCormack; C McConville (0-2, 2f), C Turbitt (0-05, 2f), O Conaty (0-06).

Subs: G Murphy for Burns (h-t), R McQuillan (0-02) for Duffy (55), O O’Neill (1-01) for McConville (58), R Grugan (0-02, 1f) for McElroy (65), D Magee for Kelly (71), McConville for Murnin (71), Duffy for McMullen (71), McMullen for McConville (79), B McCambridge for McCormack (87), A Forker for Turbitt (88)

Monaghan: R Beggan (0-02, tp); O McGorman (0-02), R O’Toole (0-01), D Byrne; B McCaul, K Lavelle, D Ward; M McCarville (0-01), K Gallagher; A Carey (0-01), M Bannigan (0-02, 1f), S O’Hanlon (0-05, 1tp); C McCarthy (0-04), A Woods (0-02, tp), D Garland (0-01).

Subs: D McElearney for Ward (h-t), J McCarron (0-03, 1tp) for Garland (44), R McAnespie for McGorman (44), S Mooney for McCaul (50), M Maguire for Lavelle (76), R Hanratty for Woods (81), G Mohan for Gallagher (84)

Referee: P Neilan (Roscommon).