Picture of Roy Keane
Picture of Roy Keane
Manchester United drew 4-4 in a crazy, chaotic match at Old Trafford against Aston Villa.
The match
The Red Devils went 0-2 down inside four minutes before a Bruno Fernandes penalty and a Youri Tielemans strike brought them level.
Madness struck again in the opening minutes of the second half as Diogo Dalot gave away a penalty, which John McGinn converted, and Leon Goretzka fired in after Leny Yoro headed against his own crossbar.
United looked dead and buried, but they rallied in added time through goals from Joshua Zirkzee and Patrick Dorgu to draw 4-4.
Roy Keane’s comments
Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane had his say on the match whilst working for Sky Sports.
The Irishman claimed, ‘they got away with it today. They got away with it against Roma. But we’re well aware United go to Liverpool next.”
Pinpointing the reason why the team keeps starting so poorly, he explained, “[A lack of leaders] is obviously a big issue in the dressing room, no doubt. We’ve seen that with a bit of bickering over the last month or two, which doesn’t help, and they are your senior players. Then Maguire goes off at half-time. They are certainly lacking leaders in the dressing room.”
Keane elaborated, “I guarantee you, both they came out for the start of that game, everybody would have been shouting in that dressing room, the staff, the managers, the players: ‘let’s start quick lads, let’s not give anything away.’ They would have been the last words spoken. You’re 2-0 down in four minutes.”
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Stat Manchester United Aston Villa
Possession % 56.0% 44.0%
xG 3.63 2.94
Shots 26 12
Shots on target 9 6
Corners 8 1
Accurate passes 438 347
Commenting on Michael Carrick’s future at the club, he explained, “it’s obviously difficult for the manager. Under pressure, no doubt. He talks a lot but doesn’t say much. I don’t know if that’s a tactic. Like a politician. He keeps saying we need to tighten up and there’s things we need to work on. But they better get moving on that. It’s the worst start in how many years, all these stats aren’t very good. If you keep giving up goals and chances, it’s just going to continue.”
Keane also explained that he didn’t expect much to change, as it hasn’t over recent weeks and months.
Finally, referring to the draw against Leeds United in October, he hinted that the players over-celebrated that point and claimed, “that was three or four weeks ago. What have they done since then? They’ve gone back to giving up loads of goals and chances.”
Keane queried, “why should we believe anything they’re saying? I don’t see that as an honest dressing room. The really top players put demands on each other. They all seem to be tip-toeing around each other. What is their mindset before the game?”
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