Keane Tries Injuring Vieira Repeatedly

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A great performance by Patrick Vieira, and on this occasion, he bossed Roy Keane as Arsenal went on to secure the title at Old Trafford in 2002. This is my input on that day, hope you enjoy!

[@tomhowell7944]

How can a man of Vieira's size and height make sliding tackles look so innocent and 'soft' he's almost caressing the ball with those slide tackles. Genius.

[@cce5940]

Wish he could caress my balls

[@kdburner7356]

It’s weirdly common for taller players, they move almost gracefully because of their long strides, compared to smaller players who are taking smaller, quicker, more aggressive strides. Players like Phillip Billing, Charles de Ketelaere, Yaya Toure. It’s really cool to watch😂

[@GoGetYourShinebox]

French players lol tall but elegant

[@JP3RS1984]

Keane was miles better

[@NoLefTurnUnStoned.]

@@JP3RS1984 Nah never

[@3bladeninja21]

To have flying kicks thrown at you and still remain so calm and measured takes real character

[@goyonman9655]

And this "characters" is what Arsenal players pussies

[@husenali4882]

I still wonder after 20 years that how he managed to do those beautiful superb tackles without hurting anyone. He was so perfect with the ball. All his movements were sooo beautiful and elegant. A gentle athlete and footballer. I am proud he played for Arsenal.

[@KLHK1981]

lol, he get a lot of red cards as well

[@llawliet2814]

"Without hurting anyone" 😅😂

[@truthinlifewoken6698]

the french were great for arsenal at the time

[@shellsbignumber2]

Vieira was another one of those players who always seemed a couple of steps ahead of most other players, fantastic athleticism but also an amazing football mind.

[@therespectedlex9794]

Need to think ahead of Roy Keane's flying kicks.

[@Dave23788]

Facts!

[@caspeansea9619]

He was behind Roy Keane in terms of silverwares won.

[@caspeansea9619]

@@RealistGunner To be honest, I didn’t know how good he was because I was still at my early days in my footballing interest but I knew Arsenal were very good in every department back then.

[@caspeansea9619]

@@RealistGunner I have to disagree with that. I was mature enough that time to know that Rooney was a better all round player than Henry. Definitely.

[@alberteinstein9591]

Roy keane is the definition of a farmer playing football.

[@johnmitchell2269]

This is why Vieira was so good. All teams (not just Man Utd) used to target him, but he would still come out on top.

[@mattvanemden7573]

Tbf he was like 6'3 and very strong. He had the physical makeup to have a distinct advantage. Brilliant player as well. But if he was Keane's size or even just a normal 6ft player. Doubt he would have been as able.

[@zinowor]

@@mattvanemden7573 6'4

[@nelzsonjr]

@@zinowor Nah, he 6 ft 3

[@zinowor]

@@nelzsonjr if you can google 1 result of Vieira being 6'3 then he is 6'3

[@hafizur91]

He gave keane scholes footballing lesson in this game

[@BD-sv8dj]

Insane how well he played here whilst having this clear vendetta against him, if this was in todays era united would be down to 9 men

[@paulie4450]

nah PGMOL would stand by them and fuck Arsenal up before anything developed

[@stephenbuffery180]

@@paulie4450 who the fuck or what are you on about bollocks

[@lf67hh28]

Lol forgetting Vieira starting a fight in the tunnel in other games, then in the same game getting completely outplayed and outclassed by the better players.

[@stephenbuffery180]

@@lf67hh28 really outclassed really. Your opinion

[@lf67hh28]

@@stephenbuffery180 Several times over the years, yes. Facts dont lie.

[@TheRaveMusicArchive]

Such a quality player. Great at winning the ball, controlling and finding players with good passes.

[@da7715]

Viera really was something else. So much finesse. Wonderfully balanced and able to switch play so easily. I'd almost forgotten how good he was.

[@michaelbailey8729]

Keane didnt stand up to Vinnie Jones. He chose his victims carefully like any bully.

[@pk_1]

He could NEVER bully Viera. Viera would KILL him in a real fight!

[@optiondezzo1513]

Keane also stayed clear of Duncan Ferguson xD.

[@TheChampIsHere_]

Keane was a fake hard man .. he needed micah richards to protect him off the field when he got headbutted 😂 not so tough without protection of FA & fergie’s refs

[@michaelbailey8729]

@@TheChampIsHere_ what he did to Halaands Dad was unforgiveable.

[@glennvage]

@@michaelbailey8729 especially as if you watch that,haaland doesn't break keanes leg,he does it himself,trying to foul him.no wonder haaland,who would have had no idea rk's leg was broken, went over and shouted at him.what keane did in revenge should have been a life ban...

[@99crossy]

Never understood the reputation of Keane as a hard man. He’s like a kid with too much cheeryade and someone telling him no!

[@dazediss6629]

He wasn’t a hard man. Just played against 11 soft cunts week in week out.

[@pk_1]

Overrated player

[@thegee001ify]

Scholes would do some horrific tackles and have a face like he he was disappointed In himself. Pure acting.

[@marvaff6878]

😂😂😂

[@CognizantCheddar]

At least Scholes played beautifully the rest of the time. Keane didn't even offer that much.

[@bottlewaddle6677]

@@CognizantCheddar Keane didn't offer much?

[@allainangcao28]

@@bottlewaddle6677 I saw Keane more as an enforcer rather than a true midfielder. Scholes handles the playmaking while Keane handles the opposing midfield. He showed some quality at times but he was more focused on roughing up the opposing team and with how lenient the bookings were back then, he essentially got away from having several match suspensions for accumulating too many cards.

[@Arse-Crack]

​@@allainangcao28 Roy Keane the most underrated footballer in prem history. He cpuld ping them passes just as well as Scholesy and his positioning and awareness was exceptional. He won more trophies than Vieira and deservedly so too.

[@bensmac5361]

It's clear that Vieira schooled Keane that day. His ball control was clearly superior to Keane's. Keane relied more on work rate and aggression. Vieira had a far more sophisticated touch and creative passing

[@downtoearth5443]

Who's the best player you've ever seen play in that position? Asking out of curiosity

[@bensmac5361]

@@downtoearth5443 honestly, it would have to be Vieira. I grew up watching Middlesbrough in the late 90s, early 2000s, and any time Arsenal came to the Riverside, it was like watching a midfield masterclass from Vieira. The way he held players off, effortlessly. The way he looked like he was jogging, while still completely dominating. The way he would play a killer pass - yet still while being labeled a defensive midfielder. He was something to behold.

[@downtoearth5443]

@@bensmac5361 Yes. In his pomp, he was, as you quite rightly said, truly a sight to behold.

[@hafizur91]

Keane can only tackle, no skills, dribble nothing.

[@dannyneville1310]

@@hafizur91 Clown.

[@mickyd5009]

Viera was on a different level

[@Razormiller]

Vieira was such an elegant player. He could get stuck in and win the battle if he had to but once he was on the ball he could really play. Technically gifted. One of the few players who used the croqueta skill move regularly and effectively. He could execute with the same precision as Laudrup/Iniesta etc. Classy footballer.

[@frankschrodinger1424]

That's the power fergie had over the refs, and players like Keane and scholes knew they could get away with hacking away at viera like that

[@koncorde]

Almost forgotten how great he looked. Graceful, surprisingly quick, powerful and great footwork and passing with either foot, and either side of his foot too.

[@flemingcourt]

You just described everything Keane wasn't.

[@vihansubramaniam3593]

Its so funny how keane gets praised for dirty play but players outside of the prem are completely shat on by fans

[@greatbriton8425]

I've never liked Keane. He's self-centred, cold, arrogant, and not as bright as he thinks he is.

[@CognizantCheddar]

Keane's box-to-box work ethic was the only thing truly world-class about him. Aside from that, he was a dirty hack that won by making the beautiful game look ugly.

[@benstonks9047]

@@greatbriton8425 same. The guy may be a great player on his best day but all I see when I look at him is a hooligan in football boots.

[@Arse-Crack]

​@@benstonks9047 Go and have it out with him to his face and give him a piece of your mind.

[@RamesesBolton]

​@@CognizantCheddar He was an upgrade on Vinnie Jones. He wasn't as brave as Vinnie, but was more talented for sure

[@awaleahmed8698]

I liked Vieira he was an elegant player and one of a kind in his position.

[@emiliomenac]

Qué jugador más completo, fuerza, agilidad,velocidad y pases. Uno de los mejores en el mediocampo

[@jeffjeffjeff2]

Keane knew he was beat hands-down and had to resort to aggression in an attempt to even battle. Viera had positional sense, athleticism, pace, agility, excellent passing and ball retention and reading of the game over Keane who was a glorified Vinnie Jones.

[@stevetaylor1412]

Who won it all

[@jeffjeffjeff2]

@@stevetaylor1412 so did Phil Neville mate 😂😂😂

[@mumfat1866]

Lmao

[@RamesesBolton]

​@@stevetaylor1412 Alex Ferguson won it all. He could have won with an alternative player to Keane, but Keane probably wouldn't have won so much at a different team

[@ronanconnellan3802]

Nonsense

[@konstantinivanov2036]

Keane and Scholes would have played not more than 10 games per season if it wasn't for the refs who were supporting Man Utd. Vieira is the best defensive midfilder ever, Keane is just an agressive avegrage ass

[@hotbot4219]

You know nothing juventus 99 fool.

[@laughingatyou2232]

Conspiracy theories abound. Refs supporting man united like arsenal didnt get howard webb giving them handball goals😂just bitterness because we used to bully you back then. Stop crying 20 years later. The refs used to give bad decisions against united all the time

[@laughingatyou2232]

Viera isn’t even top 5 dms, hes dog shit. Got dominated when united beat Arsenal 6-1, where was viera then? Wheres his champions league? 😂😂😂

[@paulwalsh6734]

Back when football was interesting.

[@patinho5589]

Man U were masters of those dirty little tackles which disrupted play, and demoralised the other team, stopping them from playing, without getting booked. Of course I think such constant dirty and deliberate fouling should be punished. But I was always ahead of the curve, and it wasn’t then.

[@colloquialsoliloquy6391]

Vieira has more red cards than Keane ,and Pires won more penalty's (6) in one season ,than Giggs won in 20! (5!!)

[@patinho5589]

@@colloquialsoliloquy6391 well maybe Pires was getting fouled. And my point is that Man U were masters of the little fouls that don’t get booked.

[@colloquialsoliloquy6391]

@@patinho5589 Lol 6 in 1 season v 5 in 20 seasons and your answer is "maybe Pires was getting fouled" Like Giggs wasn't? Over TWENTY seasons?!

[@patinho5589]

@@colloquialsoliloquy6391 I don’t know. I haven’t seen the footage of the penalties and the penalty claims.

[@coreyblakee332]

@@colloquialsoliloquy6391 pires was brilliant 🤩

[@estucamp92]

What a player Patrick was...

[@mysteriousbillionaire7349]

How many players has Keane tried to injure

[@adolfryan1930]

It was normal back then he actually went for the ball most of the time

[@ocearbhaill3894]

You could say the exact same about viera, this was just a bad game from united & arsenal were insane that season. Keane pocketed viera quite a few times tho.

[@colloquialsoliloquy6391]

Seems that everyone forgets that Keane was playing against the likes of Vinnie Jones, David Batty and Rob Lee on weekly basis

[@MrAllenm94]

@@ocearbhaill3894 Name me ONE player Viera tried to or put out of football? You can pretend all you want that Vieira was not judged by a different standard, if he made half the fouls Scholes did I could probably understand

[@ocearbhaill3894]

@@MrAllenm94 Roy Keane lol?

[@AllCatsAreBlack]

What happens when you don't have class but are just made out of anger issues

[@Oscar-lu4ot]

The difference between the playing styles of Viera and Keane could also be observed on the dinner table between French and Irish cuisine. (Classy & sloppy)

[@syedhasan2017]

When you don't have skill of your opponent, you resort to anything i.e. tackling by Keane.

[@itsbadvibes6504]

As a kid watching Viera now makes you realize how underrated he was

[@frankopanklaric]

I just love the title. These two were great back in the day.

[@haberdasheryandspam]

Could you imagine Keane playing for united now, he would be doing that to his own team

[@Johndoe-gf7eu]

Aged well

[@barrymay8269]

He would be sent off every match.

[@billlynn8256]

no he'd get a fist in his feckin' gob and whimper away

[@emoll6236]

The fact the types of Scholes and Keane got away with so extremely many dirty fouls during their career at Manchester United just shows what control Sir Alex had over the refs. And dont say "Viera was the same". No he wasnt. Not even close to Scholes and Keanes level. He played hard, yes. But Keane and Scholes sometimes went in to injure other players on purpose. The tackle Keane made on Håland back in the days could just as well had end his career. And that was far from the only time he mad tackles like that. When did Viera do a tackle like that? Never.

[@laughingatyou2232]

Bollocks. Stop making conspiracy theories up mate, you sound deranged. United used to ger awful decisions against them, you wont remember that tho as it doesn’t fit your agenda

[@laughingatyou2232]

When did viera tacklee like that? Have you seen when man united beat arsenal 6-1 and keane absolutely dominated viera all day🤣🤣wen has viera ever beat united like that🤣🤣🤣

[@Robert-bb6jm]

The fact that you say that means you didn’t watch football back then and just watched these compilations made by Arsenal fans. Both teams were playing the same and playing tough with fouls that in todays game would be reds was the norm. Just watch the match from Community Shield from 2003 when both Neville and and Cole got a yellow for fouls in the first 2 minutes. You’ll see how both teams were playing tough. Also watch FA Cup final from 2005 and tell me Lauren didn’t actually do worse vs young Ronaldo. He had like 8 fouls that today would at least be a yellow. Also Vieira could have seen a red from the fouls on Ronaldo. But of course you are only watching what it suits you as Arsenal fan.

[@francescobisesto806]

As an itaian football fan who's been at Old Trafford several times and sympathizes for both Arsenal and United, i don't love theories about coaches or teams corrupting referees or similar stuff (that has been proven to be true only about one team and that's juventus). I do think that Man Utd's status as most iconic english football team at some points of football history has contributed to them being treated a bit more softly than other teams by some refs. But that has been known to happen to many important and influential clubs. That said, anybody who says Roy Keane was better than Vieira and talks about ucl wins and shit, doesn't know much about football in my opinion.

[@jamrelocated]

Love the music in this video! Perfect for the class of Viera. And there’s a lot of similarities with Partey in that effortless and elegant football.

[@itsjoemofo]

Interestingly, it's the main theme song for GRAND THEFT AUTO III game

[@jonblazeinc]

​@itsjoemofo haha, can't imagine that as GTA is a violent game this music is very chilled

[@jonblazeinc]

​@itsjoemofo haha, can't imagine that as GTA is a violent game this music is very chilled

[@markostankovic7782]

In this video you can see Vieira playing football beautifully, while some angry small helpless men just run to hurt someone

[@DCescoria]

Roy Keane isnt an angry small man

[@markostankovic7782]

@@DCescoriaHe is

[@markostankovic7782]

@@MB-dk5pq Yeah, he would, but compared to class such is Vieira, Keane is nothing

[@SuperHawkVTR]

Watch V during these days was incredible, guy ran the matches. Probably the backbone of the invincible team

[@dtaafe2857]

You forget how beautiful and effortless Vieira was on the ball. For a guy with his physique and strength, his touch was like silk. 🤌

[@chromeheart6597]

Baffles me that Viera won a World Cup and people still say Keane was better but a lot of those same people say Messi has to win a World Cup to be the best ever .It doesn’t add up .

[@martincoleman9148]

Keane is better proper leader 🇮🇪🇮🇪.. all the French are good for is cheating 🖐 henry

[@GOD-zt6sf]

who says keane of all people better than viera 😂😂 that's cap mate

[@martincoleman9148]

🤣🤣🤣 out

[@chromeheart6597]

@@GOD-zt6sf Why is it cap ?🙄.Theres a load of pros I’ve heard say it ,just cos you haven’t doesn’t mean it’s not true .

[@navjitbassi03]

U expect keane to win the world cup witb Ireland? 🤣🤣 even messi couldnt do that. And noone is calling Keane or veira the goat. Messi gets that praise so the burden of winning trophies is greater. I hope this clears things up. But for u to be confused by this you must be incredibly stupid so i think you are probably still baffled

[@alomgirhussain488]

They don’t make em like Vieira anymore at Arsenal,lol. He was a monster of a player and used to put fear in opponents.

[@rarefootball10]

At least Thomas Partey is trying to some degree.

[@alomgirhussain488]

@@rarefootball10 Partey is good, finally we have a midfielder of that profile who is a colossus in the middle of the park. But even still, he cannot lace Paddy’s boots. Paddy rarely got injured, he was a man of steel. Proper captain. But regardless, hopefully Partey does it for us this year!

[@Arse-Crack]

Except to Keane obviously..

[@5686darryl]

😆😆😆@@rarefootball10

[@JacquesduPlessis11]

People often say they believe Keane was better than Vieira, but honestly, I think Vieira was always better. The difference was always that Utd had Keane and Scholes as a midfield partnership. Maybe the best partnership of its generation. Wenger never quite found the equivalent of Scholes (let's be fair there wasn't one), and so it was always magnificent Vieira and a weaker partner vs an almost as good Keane, and a world class Scholes. My only regret of that time is that after the invincibles Real Madrid wanted Vieira and Arsenal turned it down. How amazing would it have been to see Vieira next to Zidane in that Galactico team.

[@Jugistoteles]

I've never heard anyone but the most rabid ManU supporters claim Keane was better than Vieira 😀 Vieira was always the superior footballer, by quite a margin I'd say. It's just that Keane always had Scholes next to him, who was so versatile that you could afford to have a (comparatively) low-skill wrecking ball next to him. They made a good partnership, but the thing is, Vieira would shine no matter who was next to him, whereas Keane would not have.

[@emilpindur9400]

@@Jugistoteles The one game with the bust up in the tunnel before the match Man u won 4-2. Only time Keane could ever say he got the better of Vieira, despite the head to head being slightly in favour of Keane for wins (7v5, which could easily be reversed if there were some decent refereeing in some of those encounters). On paper, they had similar careers. 7 top flight leagues, a UCL, but Vieira also had a World Cup, another WC final, and Euro 2000, AND was the beating heart of the Invincibles. Clear winner here is Vieira, who is, clearly one of the best ever DMs. Better than Kante or Makele. And daylight between Vieira and Keane.

[@LondonsBestEats]

@@emilpindur9400 Vieira never won the UCL. He was a bit part player in the World Cup win and was a sub throughout. Go on about Scholes being the real driving force all you want, but surely you've got to apply the same reasoning to Zidane in the 98 World Cup, plus all the other world class team mates that carried him to victory? Keane played for Ireland FFS so of course he's not going to do as well. Also, other than that 4-2 you mentioned, wasn't there a game where Keane scored twice in a 2-1 victory at Arsenal? Pretty sure he got the better of him that day too, not to mention when United beat Arsenal SIX - 1, and most other occasions TBH. Keane was the beating heart of the treble winners (who lost less games that season than the self titled 'invincibles' did in 03/04 and won 3x the trophies), a team that won three in a row, 7PLs in 9 years and broke records for points and winning with most games to spare - none of which Vieira did. Also - head to head in the PL - it’s Keane 5-3 vieira, and Keane missed one of those seasons through injury. Arsenal fans like to moan about refs, but you got away with murder yourselves - the 'battle of Old Trafford' in 2003 being a prime example. Plus David Ellary did all he could to win you that semi in 99 - but Vieira won it in the end - by passing it to Giggs

[@USCFlash]

​@@Jugistoteles "I've never heard anyone but the most rabid ManU supporters claim Keane was better than Vieira" Laughable that you call Keane a " (comparatively) low-skill wrecking ball". Such nonsense. Keane was the all around superior football player. Scored more goals and a better passer to boot. Keane was an attacking midfielder in his early days at Forest and was the clear better passer and assist man. He scored 33 goals in 154 games for Forest, over three seasons from the age of 19 to 21, with far less of a skilled cast around him than Vieira had at Arsenal. How many goals did Vieira score? at that age? 10 Goals in 173 games for Arsenal (his first 4 seasons, I even gave Vieira an extra year and season, to make it look closer) Vieira was powerful, stronger and better at defending. Fact remains....Roy Keane scored more goals with his head as well. Keane's goals powered United in the Champions League two years straight....Vieira rarely ever scored in the CL. Vieira scored a whopping 2 goals in 66 European Games for Arsenal. Keane scored 14 goals in 84 European Games for Man Utd. At age 30 Keane had played total games = 472 - 77 goals At age 30 Vieira had played total games = 523 - 43 goals (Keane nearly doubles Vieira in terms of goals per game at this point) Vieira should have been scoring 10 goals a year with his head, from corners and free kicks with his strength, athleticism, power and height. Frankly it's embarrassing that he did not. People love to point to the Vieira/Keane battles....fact is, Vieira was 5 years younger, and did not start to get the edge on Keane till post 2001, when Keane was 29 and had gone through severe knee and hip injuries. Arsenal fans always seem to forget the Keane pre-2000, when trying to assess the Viera-Keane rivalry. " It's just that Keane always had Scholes next to him" Oh, always? Is that so? Scholes did not even finally secure the starting midfield spot next to Keane full time until 1997-1998 and Keane missed half that season as you may recall. Before that, he never started more than 16 games in a season and was shuttled around at striker as well in his first three years. You seem to forget, that Keane played for Forest from 90 to 93.... Keane arrived at United in 1993, displacing Bryan Robson.....he had Paul Ince beside him for the first two years, then Nicky Butt was his primary partner in 95-96 & 96-97. 98-99 was the first year that Keane/Scholes were the full first choice pairing, with both healthy. "Vieira would shine no matter who was next to him, whereas Keane would not have" Really? Keane was shining with Nicky Butt next to him, who provided little in the way of attacking capability. Vieira was in full decline by the beginning of the 2004 season at only 28, and he had Gilberto Silva next to him, who was hardly a poor player. Did Vieira shine at Juve with Emerson next to him? Nope. He was only 29 when he got there. and Inter? He was 30 when he got there....How'd he do with Figo, Cambiasso and Stankovic next to him? He got beaten out for the starting role by Olivier DaCourt, and was never even a full time starter again. How about the 2002 world cup? 26 years old....in his prime....total failure without Zidane next to him. Why did he not stamp his authority on that World Cup? 2006 world cup, still only 30...totally average, even with superstars around him. Average in the group stage at best. Good vs Spain in the 1st round knockout, Decent in the quarters vs Brazil, Average vs Portugal in the Semis, Let Materazzi outfight him for Italy's equalizer in the final, poor, then limped off in the 60th minute into the sunset How about France in general....he had legends next to him....Keane had virtually nothing with Ireland....and yet, Vieira had 101 caps and 6 goals for France, while Keane had 9 goals in 67.....and had to shoulder far more of the attacking load in central midfield than Vieira did with the attacking superstars around him. Get over it....Vieira was a great footballer, powerful, strong, ferocious and a driving force....but simply not as good all around as Keane.

[@Jugistoteles]

@USCFlash Cool story but you, for most of your essay, seem to confuse player ability with goals scored. You also make several erroneous claims / questionable interpretations but I won't go into them because this is KZbin comment section and it's Christmas over here. All that's not to say you didn't make some good points there. You wrote *a lot*, by the way! 😁 A part of me hopes you copy-pasted some of that from something you've wrote elsewhere before. But anyway. This is as much as I'll engage over here - thought I'd say that to save further time for you. Why I'm even is responding is to acknowledge the work you put in (I don't usually respond because of kids, busy job etc and there's hardly any time for this). So, Happy Holidays if this is a holiday you're celebrating!

[@richardrichu7644]

During those years United played thuggish all the and the refs would not take action especially while playing at old Trafford.

[@mountzion3562]

That's why they suffering now

[@thebeatnumber]

Nonsense. Thuggish with Van Nistelroy, Beckham, Giggs?

[@colloquialsoliloquy6391]

Arsenal fans when they had Keown ,Adams and Wright breaking people's bones to succeed ; "aaaah men's football" Arsenal fans when Wenger stopped buying players suited towards the English game ; "Man U were thugs ,the ref's were biased towards them"

[@daboss3116]

What drugs do you take?

[@numbnutz7832]

Next time you’re in Manchester, I’ll I’ll get some crack for your pipe sir.

[@djangorheinhardt]

Yet Keano,small for a bully , got warned by Vinnie Jones early in a United match against Wimbledon and Keane never went near Jones for the rest of the match .Keane knew that if he tried to mix it with Vinnie on the field there would be afters in the players tunnel and Keane would certainly have come off worst !

[@softde]

Thank you for posting this!

[@Makeyourselfbig]

A West Ham player was got a straight red for exactly the same flying tackle that Keane tried. You just can't get away with that kind of thing these days. The likes of Keane. Souness, Scholes etc would be spending more time suspended than playing under the current rules. It's supposed to be football, not who can break the others leg first.

[@acer0081]

In modern football keane would be a media core player with so many red cards in his name.

[@Elnino09ification]

Viera actually got more red cards in the EPL dummy. So some research first before posting nonsense

[@RS-xx9ve]

I'm a Liverpool fan and I remember seeing Viera. Huge frame but so skilled and elegant. Massive amounts of skill AND toughness. Pretty much any team ever would want PV in their starting 11.

[@WatEverMan2009]

That arsenal side gave me goosebumps

[@nigelstefani]

Roy Keane is one of those guys that was born angry. Great player yes (hardly world class) but the biggest chip on his shoulder ever. Goes out to hurt people deliberately? Yeah that screams weakness and old fashioned projected anger. Love him as a pundit but a thug as a player imo

[@karancoyne7719]

pundit? useless like his manager stints

[@solomonjoseph470]

Viera was indeed a monster...I wasn't privileged to watch him

[@downtoearth5443]

No probs, Solomon. At least you got to watch Sunil Chhetri

[@ziyad.l252l]

@@downtoearth5443 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ScratchyBaws]

Keane was NOT a hard man of football but a mere nasty thug on the pitch. Vieira was like a Preying Mantis with those lanky legs but he made the game and tackling look so easy & effortless. He is definitely an underrated past player from a Gers supporter here.

[@accomify]

I miss this PL era with the Keane Vieira Van Nistelrooy hatred. And Paul Scholes, the greatest tackler the game has ever seen.

[@NL-fg6it]

This game was a joke. They tried to injure Arsenal players the whole game. Wish someone did highlights of all their fouls.

[@mkdisciple]

Shame to say this as an Englishman but the French are just so much more elegant on the ball.

[@laughingatyou2232]

Thats why keane won more and bossed viera in the 6-1 win🤣🤣🤣

[@Tom-tu9jd]

“Arguably best player” - don’t disrespect. Henry there with the word “arguably”

[@georgemorley1029]

That’s really wonderful, composed play. Classic.

[@Farashaash]

Indeed.. Vieira Drops Performance of ages, I remember he 'Vieira' dictates the intire midfielder and to be honestly he wasn't playing dirty game he was like gentle of football but Kean Drops Dirtiest Performance of ages and he deserved a red card, I'm Man United fan but I always love fair game, I know Roy is An Irish his DNA is to play a dirty game 'That was his nature' but don't forget one more thing, perhaps the most important influence in the game Sir Alex Fergusson used to tell his players to kick the top player of their opposition.. if I'm wrong you can correct me

[@danymuembo9238]

There's a documentary where his own players say he used to tell them to play dirty

[@Farashaash]

@@danymuembo9238 if I'm not mistaken even the reason David Beckham hit the shoes was a game between Arsenal vs Arsenal when he told the players play rough and dirty game with arsenal then becks said something after 1st half , correct me if I'm wrong

[@MrParazitii51]

He was a dirty player , and now his voice reminds me of one of the goblins from lord of the ring , his place is on set with the rest of the goblins in armony not on tv

[@martynhanson]

Talking about Keane throughout his career, what a cheek to have a go at Norman Hunter.

[@SameerAli-mw8kp]

Those were the battles of personalities and titles, epic. Now just battle of wages!!!!

[@BraveGamer2016]

This video explains why he is such a monster in FIFA 😂

[@abdishekhey8049]

The days when referees & FA officials use stand with Man utd

[@thomassryann8252]

Vieira destroys your favourite modern day midfielder, a true all rounder

[@ChrisHcmc]

A real gentleman player.

[@arsenewen]

This video just show how good Vieira was during those days. Probably the best midfielder in the world in that period. It is common knowledge that referees used to fear Alex Ferguson and many 50-50 decisions used to go Man Utd way. Not taking anything from them as they were definitely the strongest team then, but perhaps a title or 2 should probably go to another team.

[@hotbot4219]

Both brilliant players, in their own way.

[@maltlickytexas]

Not really. One of them playing football, the other trying to hurt his fellow professional. Smh

[@hotbot4219]

@@maltlickytexas shut it marry poppins football was more physcial back then. You had to get stuck in

[@CripMacc55]

The nostalgia of the team lineups on that background and just simple things like the little sky scoreboard in the top left, it was special times 😅

[@genesis1765]

one of the greatest defensive midfielders i have ever seen a pure football engine.

[@matthlechevoir4643]

That’s it. You have a legend of the game on one hand: athletic, technical, versatile with a magnificent vision. On the other hand, there is this angry little man who tries to compensate his weak football abilities by being as brutal as possible. The most amazing things is how he got away with so much brutality and how a group of people can idolise him for being no more than a thief on the pitch. I love tough players with character. This guy was just mean.

[@stephenbuffery180]

That is one of the best comments I have ever read. Kean was a dirty no ability little bollocks

[@laughingatyou2232]

I know keane was far superior to that animal viera. A champions league winner who bossed zidane about in europe. Viera could never bless him. He had such an average career

[@bh629]

Spot on. Vieira was a class above. Keane should have seen red. I know it was a different era but Keane benefitted from being a United stalwart and got away with murder. Even ginger Scholes got away with a few. His legacy was built after he retired. Rewatch the 99 semi against Juve. Keane gets all the credit but the best man united players were Cole and Yorke (really classy performances). Didn't suit the media narrative who needed a "British" Roy of the rovers story. Keane is credited with "single-handedly carrying United to the final and everyone laps it up as gospel.

[@BGatts666]

00:34 "by mondern standards that's at least a booking" dude by any standard at the time outside of England

[@augustopoletti1378]

The so respectful Keane

[@stevenjon1347]

If Keane played like that in the modern game he'd be carried off by police in a straight jacket after 5 minutes and anaesthetised.

[@stephenbuffery180]

I was going to say. And labotomised but already had one

[@ayujisu2144]

That's why keane is nothing more than a school girl

[@laughingatyou2232]

Keane bullied viera when united beat arsenal 6-1 .don’t remember arsenal giving united a beating that bad?

[@MrPelao911]

He seems like a tough, resilient, brave, no ego, big balls, big heart Paul Pogba.

[@pappanjeevandas6041]

Underrated comment 😂

[@RaferJeffersonIII]

Pogba suffers from having the most stupid sounding surname in world football. It’s like a word my 2 year old would come Up with 😊

[@Fifa20340]

​@@RaferJeffersonIII french names are weird

[@RaferJeffersonIII]

@@Fifa20340 the French are just basically weird

[@Ror0009]

Pogba nowhere near as technically good

[@oomz1975]

Patrick had way too much class over Roy.

[@laughingatyou2232]

Man united beat Arsenal 6-1 and keane dominated ‘patrick’ all day🤣bless you and your little youtube videos getting all nostalgic thinking he was better bless ya. Come to the real world

[@robbieshaft]

@@laughingatyou2232 as an Irishman I’m Keane’s biggest fan and out best ever player but Vieira had the edge on him, better skill, better footballer.

[@E_O_S_]

Keane was better simple as

[@robbieshaft]

@@E_O_S_ that tells me you never watched them both play, Vieira had a lot more in his locker than Keane did

[@E_O_S_]

@@robbieshaft Keane all day long

[@I.Wallivs]

love scholes getting stuck in with much bigger players. the arsenal lads all said he was the one they were worried about the most. unreal ability and vision and scared of nowt. Keano was a real warrior and as much as I hated him at the time vieria was a truly sublime footballer

[@DaveyScott-ev9wf]

Viera was a Rolls-Royce of a midfielder, Roy Keane a warrior of a player.

[@marekfalk5369]

he was a limited player, roy keane was lucky he played for a great united side, he would be like fred and mctominay in todays united

[@laughingatyou2232]

He bossed about this fool when united beat arsenal 6-1 😂and bossed zidane about against juventus on his way to winning the champions league. Your ball knowledge is terrible

[@marekfalk5369]

@@laughingatyou2232 he was overrated, and you are probably not even old enough to have seen him play "ball knowledge"

[@Mika-hz3op]

​@@laughingatyou2232 you created this account just to defend Keane in this comment section?

[@tanktutorials]

That was one of the best Vieira performances i saw tbh remember watching that match

[@alphacanine9641]

Man United dirty buggers who had refs in back pockets also let's not forget Fergie time.

[@peterherrington3300]

Viera was a superb player , genuinely one of the very best. Pity he couldn't transfer that to management

[@Geep615]

I prefer this era of football. Players were men and settled their own scores instead of rolling around like they’ve been shot

[@Marcel-xq9yi]

Vieira a beast and all around a better football player than Roy keane who was a good player at that time but just for the premier league. He wouldn't had make it in Serie A or in la Liga.

[@laughingatyou2232]

Roy keane bossed viera about when he beat him 6-1, won more medals, and had a better career. All round better footballer, viera was mediocre. Not good enough

[@laughingatyou2232]

Premier league was better than serie a and la liga back then you fool😂😂bless ya

[@MohammedShammaz888]

💪 But viera was beast 😁

[@user-up6ll4so6m]

Absolute class battle shows how much football has changed in recent times

[@KingoRichie1990]

Is that the music from GTA III?

[@jimsu2726]

If the refs were as good to Arsenal as they were to Man Utd, I'm pretty sure Arsenal would have won a lot more both domestically and in Europe

[@danymuembo9238]

FACTS

[@natsudama4604]

Couldn't even win europa league with var just means that arsenal will never have an European trophy in their trophy cabinet

[@RamesesBolton]

@Ghostface That doesn't count. I'm a Manchester City and we have won that cup too, but it's a baby trophy

[@cockoffgewgle4993]

Man U didn't get the refs on their side in Europe. It's why Ferguson had such a shit record in Europe.

[@MoldyMojoMonkey]

Nope. United were just better more often and for far longer. I know it's hard to be unbiased, but give it a whirl. It's not so bad.

[@tropicalpalmtree]

This was definitely the best era in Football.

[@emmanuelenyinwa1443]

Video should be retitled: "Patrick Viera, MASTERCLASS." That's what 90% of the video was about.

[@riverreasteve]

Even in this short clip Viera is a genius

[@jefffei9297]

Wtf… Vieira won all those tackle while Man U player missed all 😂

[@shamrock.records]

MAN U was playing with 12 players cause refrees was manu fan too

[@laughingatyou2232]

More brain dead foreign fans believing conspiracy theories when you never watched football then. Learn to think for yourself

[@sevaovidiu7117]

'by modern standards' translation : the sport pussied out

[@nonsensestuff]

Pure silk. What a player.

[@votographindonesia850]

Viera is a big version of Ngolo Kante

[@dennisdobin8640]

Keane appeared to have a win at all cost mentality,if he had played for a less notable team,he may have got sent off more often. Some players lost the fact that it is a GAME,it not war,you should get to go home to your family,fit ,healthy and happy. And why was Keane so combative, well he was a top class player,but his talent would never have lifted him into the elitist level of players,so he compensated,best way he knew how.

[@rockingttalent3666]

You are talking as if Vieira was some kind of saint. Watch the 6-1 thrashing of Arsenal by United where Keane bossed the midfield and Patrick was doing the kicking (roles reversed). It is easy to pick and choose games to spread "propaganda" about a particular player but these 2 were cut from the same cloth, just dyed in different colours.

[@colloquialsoliloquy6391]

If he had played for a less notable team? ......like Ireland? Not only did his talent lift Keane into the elitist of players, he made Richard Dunne ,Jason McAteer and Kevin Kilbane look like footballers.

[@dennisdobin8640]

@@colloquialsoliloquy6391 There are very few player that you could truly call elite,and Keane was not one of them, he was a top class premier league player,his record says that, but few ELITE players need to get into as many on field alterations as he did. And yes he would have dragged other players as you mention up.

[@colloquialsoliloquy6391]

@@dennisdobin8640 Man Utd's greatest ever captain ....was not elite?........ Your logic for such a bizarre conclusion is extremely weak ,on field altercations define who is and isn't elite? Nah ,no way ,with that logic you rule out a lot of elite players like Kahn ,Cantona and even Zidane. "It was the single greatest individual performance I had seen on a pitch ,Keane simply, 'trampled' over my entire team" . - LVG on Keane (Ireland v Holland 01) Keane also obliterated Juve's midfield of Zidane ,Davids, Deschamps and Conte virtually by himself. KZbin "Roy Keane passing" and go "huh he's actually a boss at all types of passing" (hopefully you'll see his ungodly piece of ball control v Bayern in the video) Then realize ,"right, there are loads of videos of his passing goalscoring and tackles, but a distinct lack of "mistakes" videos. The man was elite, easily the best captain of all time ,nevermind his skill.

[@dennisdobin8640]

@@colloquialsoliloquy6391 Firstly MU greatest captain,ever heard of a man call Charlton? 758 games,249 goals, English world cup winner,2 red cards in his whole career and at the club for 17 yrs not to mention winner of the Ballon d'OR or Bryan Robson461 games90 0dd goals or Dennis Law404 games 237 goals.Any one of those 3 player would rank above Keane.And really he was a snipe,he at times did his best to damage other players,nothing elitist about that,at times he was a mean nasty son of a bitch with evil intent, as I said it is a sport where you would expect to go home healthy and happy. He was a good player,but never elite.

[@StadiumHot]

Vieira bossed every Midfielder he ever faced.

[@RobHel]

Love the music choice, brother!

[@user-du1nb9um7d]

its from gta 3

[@barty2381]

Viera magnificent midfielder, no one since been as good!

[@hakimjaafari9849]

Viera was ahead of his time in that agressif era of football he just win the ball cleanly.

[@andrewkennah5424]

One day it will all come out