Roy Keane was prepared to 'hang around the dressing room' and confront player this week
Ex-Manchester United captain Roy Keane was not happy.
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Topics: Roy Keane, Football, Manchester United
Marcus Chan
Topics: Roy Keane, Football, Manchester United
Ex-Manchester United skipper Roy Keane has revealed he was ready to confront one player this week.
Keane, 53, is one of the finest players to ever play in the Premier League having won 17 trophies during his time as a United player.
Throughout his career, the Irishman built up a reputation for his no-nonsense and tough approach to the game.
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Speaking on the latest episode of The Overlap - brought to you by Sky Bet, Keane revealed how he was left annoyed by Milton Keynes Dons goalkeeper Tom McGill after watching him play against Salford City on Monday night.
Salford ended up winning 1-0 thanks to a goal by Frankie Okoronkwo but McGill’s behaviour left Keane seething.
He said: “The craziness I find when players are coming up playing out the back when they're losing. The goalkeeper was coming out, he was taking seven or eight touches...
“I was going to hang around the dressing room after the match and see the MK Dons goalkeeper and ask him, going 'you know when you're losing with 15 minutes [left]... you're f***ing losing!’”
Keane added: “You know in American sports, the time out. After 70 minutes you just do the time out. The lads will come over to you and you can go 'Lads, you know we're losing, you have to get the ball down there'.
“[You see] 19 passes. MK Dons. Who do you think you are? Get it forward. It's as if they don't know what the score is.”
Fellow pundit Jamie Carragher then looked to Salford’s part owner Gary Neville and said with a smile: “Those are the opinions of Roy Keane and not Salford FC.”
McGill said after the match: “We are coming away from the pitch thinking that we've dominated, we've created chances and we've had spells in the game where we've looked really, really good, and I think that's the style playing its part.
“But also where they've tried to stop us in doing what we're favourable at doing, we've tried to go a little more direct at times and that's worked for us as well.”
The Canadian added: “The energy of the group overall, what style we're trying to play, I think we'll make it work and we'll always create chances. we'll always have big moments in the game. But it's one win from four at the moment and it's a disappointing night.”