Manchester City claimed an early lead in the Manchester Derby on Sunday evening through Phil Foden and Manchester United icon Roy Keane made his feelings very clear
Roy Keane
Roy Keane was left furious at Phil Foden's opening goal for Man City vs Manchester United
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Manchester United icon tore into and for their roles in's opening strike in the Manchester Derby.
The star nodded home midway through the first-half to give his side the lead. And Keane was far from pleased with the contributions from two stars in particular.
Fernandes had allowed goalscorer Foden to ghost into the box undetected, while Shaw failed to deal with Jeremy Doku - the Belgian wideman producing the cross from which City scored their opener.
Speaking on , he said: "Very good from City, Doku and Foden...timing perfect not getting in there too early. But United's defending, the two midfielders beforehand are too square and Shaw just gives up.
"It's a nice bit of skill, but Shaw's an England international player. He's got hundreds of games under his belt, he doesn't even get his body position right.
"It's like he has thrown the towel in. We know people can run off the back of Bruno, that's been going on for years. But my goodness, even before that, you've got two midfielders - they are too square. One pass takes them out. Far too easy. Shaw just throws the towel in there."
Ex-City star also shared his thoughts and was far from convinced with both Shaw and Fernandes' attempts at defending.
He added: "I just want to look at Fernandes' position here, though. He's playing in that two in midfield and once the ball is over at that side, now you have got to read the danger and he just loses Foden there. Just switches off and it wasn't good enough."
Things got worse for City shortly after the break, with doubling the lead. Doku was once again the man at the heart of things as he rolled the Norwegian through, while the City forward lifted a brilliant finish into the net for his fourth goal of the season.
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Keane slammed Fernandes for his role in City's opener
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Doku should have had a hat-trick of assists minutes later after playing Haaland through again but somehow Haaland hit the base of the post having gone around Altay Bayindir.
Man City are back in action midweek as they open up their campaign against Italian giants Napoli. Having failed to secure any European football, United now have to wait until next weekend for their next game against .
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