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Roy Keane says he's fed up with Arsenal excuses and brands Mikel Arteta a 'sore loser'

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Updated 22:12 4 Sep 2022 GMT+1Published 21:57 4 Sep 2022 GMT+1

Roy Keane says he's fed up with Arsenal excuses and brands Mikel Arteta a 'sore loser'

The former Manchester United captain said Arteta was making excuses instead of giving plaudits to the opposition.

Jack Kenmare

Jack Kenmare

Roy Keane has labelled Mikel Arteta a "sore loser" for his post-match comments after Arsenal's 3-1 defeat to Manchester United

Goals from Marcus Rashford [2] and Antony sealed United's fourth consecutive Premier League win on an entertaining afternoon at Old Trafford.

It was a solid display from Erik ten Hag's side, who have made major improvements since their disastrous start to the campaign against Brighton and Brentford.

But after the final whistle, Arsenal boss Arteta failed to give the home side much credit – a decision that annoyed former Manchester United captain Roy Keane.

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Image credit: Football Daily/Sky Sports
Image credit: Football Daily/Sky Sports

With Gabriel Martinelli's disallowed strike still fresh in his memory, Arteta criticised the lack of consistency surrounding VAR and his side's poor display in front of goal.

"We should come here and win the game," he said. "The performance, to come here and play the way they have and dominate, the way they have to play when they’re here you want to be at the top, you have to win the game."

He added: "The lack of consistency... last week there was a foul on Aaron, that is soft and not a foul.

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"There’s a tackle on Bukayo it’s soft and not a penalty. Today it is a foul, the threshold in the first action, you could see there was some strong tackles but there was no yellow because it is a big game.

"It's really difficult to understand."

Soon after Arteta's chat with Sky Sports, a clearly irritated Roy Keane criticised the Spaniard for making excuses instead of giving plaudits to his former club.

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"Listen I’m fed up with all their excuses anyway, I’m serious," he said.

"Arteta gets interviewed after the game, he’s a sore loser like us all but he’s got to give a little bit of credit to Man United but he never does.

"Every time he loses the game, it’s about what they didn’t do properly or the officials, stop making excuses. You done okay, take your plaudits but give me the points any day of the week."

Martin Odegaard, who was judged to have fouled Christian Eriksen in the build-up to Martinelli's disallowed goal, also expressed his frustration after the game.

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"In my opinion it is never a foul," the Norwegian said. "I think the referee sees it and he says play on. It's a soft challenge and for VAR to come in it has to be clear and obvious.

"For me it is very, very soft. You can always make it look worse on camera. But it's never a foul and the referee said play on so it is frustrating."

Thoughts on Keane's reaction to Arteta after the full-time whistle?

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Let us know in the comments.

Featured Image Credit: Sky Sports

Topics: Roy Keane, Manchester United, Premier League, Arsenal, Mikel Arteta

Jack Kenmare
Jack Kenmare

Jack is a Senior Journalist who enjoys a long read. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of Football Manager wonderkids from 2005 to the present day, and has interviewed a handful of FM's finest, including Freddy Adu, Supat Rungratsamee and Mika Aaritalo.

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