MANCHESTER UNITED legend Roy Keane didn’t hold back after his old team were embarrassed at the hands of bitter rivals Manchester City.
Two goals apiece from Kevin De Bruyne and Riyad Mahrez condemned the Red Devils to a miserable 4-1 defeat.
After the game Keane raged at Ralf Rangnick’s players for ‘giving up’ – a theory that is well reflected in the stats from the game.
In the final 10 minutes of the match Manchester United completed just SIXTEEN passes, while supposedly chasing the game.
To make matters worse one of those was from kick-off to get the clash restarted following City’s fourth goal of the demolition.
By comparison Rodri completed 17 passes in the same amount of time, more than the entire United team combined.
Put together the men in blue strung 120 successful passes together in the final 10 minutes of the game, a whopping 104 more than United’s meagre total.
The home side also had six shots in the final 10 minutes as Pep Guardiola’s side hunted for more goals, a mindset that was rewarded when Mahrez made it four in the last minute.
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United on the other hand failed to register an effort of any kind in the second half – only the second time they’ve done so in the last SIX seasons.
There was also a 15 minute period late into the game when United had EIGHT percent of possession as they were pounded into submission by an irresistible City showing.
The possession stats for the entire game make for slightly better reading, 31 percent for United across the 90 minutes, although that’s still far from enjoying large spells on the ball.
Keane couldn’t quite believe what had played out in front of him as he embarked on a scathing rant in the Sky Sports studio at full time.
He wasn’t afraid to make his feelings shown, labelling United’s performance on the day as ‘shameful’.
The United legend seethed: “There was players there and we’re watching it live, and I’m looking at them getting really frustrated watching it.
“I forgive mistakes, but you’ve got to run back. There’s players, five or six players should never play for United again. Just shameful.
“Shameful that you can’t run back and you can’t put your body on the line.
“I forgive the lack of quality against Man City in the second half because Man City are excellent, they’ve been excellent for the last three, four five years they’re a fantastic team. That’s why they’re the champions.
“But Man Utd in a derby match today? The subs coming on, you’re hoping they’ll have an impact. They’re not prepared to run around.”
Keane went on to call a number of United’s stars out by name after being given the run-around at the Etihad.
He continued: “A couple of the lads in midfield, Wan-Bissaka, Fred, Maguire, Rashford when he came on… I could go on.
“Give up four goals, Man City weren’t even at their very best, City didn’t have to be at their best. I think City had another couple of gears to go. I think they just toyed with them a bit like the game at Old Trafford.
“The old saying men v boys. They gave up. Shame on them.”
“They gave up. Shame on them.”
Roy Keane
Keane’s rant wasn’t finished there, as he continued: “Who’s running that dressing room? These guys seem more bothered about, ‘How am I looking? How’s my hair looking? Are my boots nice?’
“You leave your ego at the door when you play for Man Utd.
“I’m looking at the United fans and they’re not daft. They’re watching their team and seeing they’re not fighting. There are no excuses.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
