Kevin Feely put in a man of the match performance as Kildare fell short against Mayo on Saturday evening.
Late goals from Oisin Mullin and Jordan Flynn propelled Mayo back into the All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals at the expense of the Lilywhites.
A small crowd of approximately 15,000 turned out to see the Westerners come back from being six points down during the third quarter to win in dramatic fashion.
Mullin’s goal on 62 minutes threw Mayo a lifeline while their second came deep in stoppage time when substitute Jordan Flynn lobbed Lilywhites goalkeeper Aaron O’Neill from 45 metres as Kildare chased a late match-winning major themselves.
Mayo’s second successive qualifier victory means that James Horan’s unbeaten record in them remains intact but his team were made to fight every step of the way.
Feely was named the man of the match despite Kildare losing the game and he did an interview with Sky Sports straight after the match as a result.
Praising the Lilywhites man for doing the interview, one person on social media wrote: "Really feel for Kevin Feely there, he had a superb game, left to do the man of the match interview too, excruciating."
Another commented: "Kevin Feely is as good as any midfielder in the country I'll even say he is the best."
Someone else said: "Hard luck lads,you gave it your best shot,better side in the first half, but ran out of steam late in the second half, and well done to Kevin Feely receiving man of the match."
MAYO: R Hennelly; L Keegan (0-2), O Mullin (1-0), E Hession; P Durcan, S Coen, E McLaughlin (0-2); A O’Shea, M Ruane; J Carney (0-1), D O’Connor (0-1), C Loftus (0-1); C O’Connor (0-3, 1f), J Doherty, J Carr.
Subs: F Boland (0-2) for J Doherty 29; D McHale (0-1) for A Carr 44; P O’Hora for S Coen 46; J Flynn (1-0) for A O’Shea 61; A Orme for J Carney 70.
KILDARE: A O’Neill; M O’Grady, S Ryan (0-1), R Houlihan; D Malone (0-1), D Hyland, K Flynn; K Feely (0-1), K O’Callaghan (0-2); F Conway, B McCormack (0-1), A Beirne; J Hyland (0-6, 4fs), D Flynn (0-1), N Flynn (0-1).
Subs: P Cribbin for A Beirne 31; D Kirwan for N Flynn 55; P McDermott for F Conway 70+1; B McLoughlin for J Hyland 70+2.
REFEREE: D. O’Mahoney (Tipperary).
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