Roy Keane vs Erling Haaland's Dad

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As Erling Haaland steps out into the Premier League as a Manchester City player he will be watched over by his dad’s footballing nemesis, Roy Keane.
Haaland senior played for Man City, and Keane, now a Sky Sports pundit, played for Manchester United. Keane committed one of the worst fouls you are likely to see in professional football on Haaland senior.
This is the story of why that happened, the aftermath, and the (lack of) remorse.
Written by Seb Stafford-Bloor, illustrated by Craig Silcock.
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[@Torquemada07]

'Erling Haaland's dad' That's more disrespectful than Keane's tackle! 😭😂

[@muhsalihu]

Exactly! I still call Erling Alf's son.

[@kingofkrk8514]

Better title for search engines

[@rudebwoy8]

An absolute liberty 🤣

[@zachwalton5036]

The disrespect is real lol

[@dhaisa]

@@kingofkrk8514 nice

[@tave6202]

The difference for me is that Haaland didn't have an intent to injure anyone with his actions, while Keane definitely acted out of rage and had all the intent of doing damage.

[@12thMandalorian]

Roy got even, fair play

[@mnm1273]

@@12thMandalorian "got even" he got karma for trying to foul him by getting injured. It was right to berate Keane he just was wrong about what he was berating him for.

[@Daniboi971]

Rage after 2 years lol. He's a nasty one.

[@vapingamer2723]

its keane who tackled haaland, so its instant karma

[@Eoin-gg9tz]

Haland shouted at Keane whilst Keane was in pain on the ground haland shouldn’t of provoked cian

[@hectorlagos8937]

Imagine being known just as "your son's dad" after having your own career

[@goat9295]

That’s what every father wants. For their son to outshine them.

[@sld1776]

If Alfie is a normal father he's damn proud of that.

[@diogovieira5563]

if the father is a narcisist type, this would be like death.

[@mac_-mtlmcal]

Joe Bryant doesn't have to imagine it

[@ckngmad1357]

Lul

[@calumjunior7748]

You know you are getting old when such a famous moment is titled in such a way..

[@krisiankov6069]

Chapter 2: Scotty McTominay vs Alfie Haaland’s son

[@LoftusBlake]

Mctominay foul people he hardly smashes anyone,Martinez the most likely

[@optiondezzo1513]

@@LoftusBlake yap. Martinez is the enforcer type. Perfect for Man Utd's toothless defense.

[@benishben4364]

@@LoftusBlake McTominay would have 6 red cards if he's not in United

[@michael-john4954]

god I hope not, McTominay should not even be on the pitch for that to happen

[@deaconblackfire2896]

@@LoftusBlake You having a laugh? Guy tried to injure Oblak in a friendly the other day, was hilarious, he is destined to take Haland's knee off him

[@AkashMishra-iu4uj]

0:23 Roy Keane Vs Erling Haaland's Dad bro Tifo on smoke ☠️

[@kris12321]

i feel like its disrespectful that Alf-Inge isn't even in the title, he was a class player in his day and i feel like his name is still widely known

[@jannikostermann9821]

True, but the only reason why they're making the video is because his son is at MC now. It wouldn't be relevant otherwise, and the title is just reflecting that fact.

[@SemDoesEverything]

Yeah but he isn't WELL known by most youtube users who were just babies or unborn at the time

[@Suiiii1789]

Lol

[@TheSWCantina]

I'm a Leeds fan, he was with us for years. He definitely wasn't class.

[@jockmackay9582]

He was not class

[@divyaakashdutta4038]

Alf-Inge Haaland may not have had the most successful career, but being known by his son's name, he has won at life.

[@MinerOfMeteoroids]

Playing in the Premier League for multiple years is having a successful career as a footballer.

[@yester9037]

Why don't they use Alf Inge- he was a starter on team that finished 3rd in the league

[@domie1595]

Because most of the viewers wasnt born back then

[@miz5138]

I believe Keane took it too far. It’s fairly normal for a defender to wind up someone who had fallen on the ground after contact..we see it even now. Respect Keane as a player but as an individual I think he’s legit nuts..has an infamous temper as well.

[@hermankermit-warm1121]

🤣🤣🤣 make it more obvious you weren't watching football at the time. Don't watch players like Vinny Jones and Julian Dicks or you'll never be able to spend a night away from mummy.

[@miz5138]

@@jsn14 Yeah but Haaland didn’t know he was seriously injured wasn’t he? When a player goes down it’s normal for the defender to go “Get up and get on with it” and this was 2000s Prem mind you wherein tough tackles were part of the game. Whether that tackle was career ending or not is a different story now but the fact that Keane “wanted” to purposely injure Haaland is very immoral and psycho like in the first place.

[@VARedevil19]

I don't giv a F what you think of Keane😅

[@hermankermit-warm1121]

@@ebutuoy2565 best you don't watch much football pre 2000 then 🤣🤣🤣🤡

[@paksta]

@@hermankermit-warm1121 Even in the vid they said it was one of the worst challenges in history.

[@shouryaaswal5681]

For those thinking haalands dad was some saint..... you should see a compilations of his tackles. Alfe Haaland absolutely bulldozed others with his tackles quite like Keane. There was also a new video where haaland and his dad watch clips of his dad's tackles. Haaland was shocked his father played like that. They both laughed and had fun. Its a nice video

[@gamesretweets9979]

Don't think anyone brave enough to step out onto a pitch in those days was a saint, except perhaps Gary Linekar, he never even got booked in his whole career.

[@TheSWCantina]

@@gamesretweets9979 yeah, but Haaland played for us, I'm a Leeds fan. He often put in brutal tackles more often than not. It's probably what gave him that knee injury. Of all people to antagonize he chose Roy Keane 😂

[@rwalker0130]

kinda like old school hockey or basketball enforcers - they put BIG targets on their back and nobody was all broken up when payback found them

[@outlawedTV88]

@@rwalker0130 Exactly. I was a football player once long time ago, playing for Partizan Belgrade. Guys who tackled me always ending up hurted, dunno why must have been I had very strong bones or something. I never got a injury playing and score a lot of goals. But, as a badass youngster, I had other issues, like ending up in prison in Dubai and ofc that ended my career.

[@kapibara8971]

Bro exactly, i see so many people saying alfie didnt deserve it at all.

[@ILikedGooglePlus]

(Could've just called it "[Roy] Keane vs Haaland" Still get the clickbait from Erling's name without implying his dad isn't important enough for one)

[@snuffmeister6720]

his dad isnt important enough tho

[@adityanaravindan8302]

Erling Haaland's father's name is Afie Haaland Tifo:We don't care......

[@bigbenno9247]

his father is a nobody

[@rayyaan_chill730]

Bigbenno is a United fan

[@frankmachin5438]

I thought it was Alfie….

[@nuno_alex505]

@@bigbenno9247 a professional football player in one of the best leagues in the world is a nobody? Boy, you have high standards. I bet you work at the local McDonald's and still have the audacity to call other people nobodies in social media. Projecting to feel better about yourself, I suppose.

[@nadadur]

Putting “Erling Haaland” at the start of the video title gets more views

[@joshbrown3439]

Tells you who their target audience is, when the refer to Alf Inge Haaland as Erling Haaland’s dad lol.

[@rivolinho]

The obsession with people accusing him of fake injuries is an interesting aspect to Keane's psychology. It's also the reason he walked out of / was sent home from the 2002 World Cup when the Ireland manager mentioned him missing certain games because of made up niggles and injuries. For a man that really doesn't appear to give a sh!t about other people's opinions and certainly couldn't be described as a people pleaser, its odd that this is such an issue for him. It might seem abit trite and cliché but I suppose Keane is that archetypal warrior mentality where weakness or being accused of not giving 100% is the ultimate accusation that can be leveled at him.

[@Leeside999]

good analysis

[@MohamedAhmed-ms9eu]

they're calling him fake and a man who takes pride in being real, in terms of his speech and actions, it is an unacceptable thing to be accused off.

[@InsaneXboxer]

This is what I thought as well

[@Glory-Compass]

The Least you could do is Call him by his Name,you know he was a Professional too

[@cmrdecc6516]

but but VIEWS

[@ali20172]

The arc completed today

[@thztan7492]

If nowadays any of these things happend ever again in EPL, the footballer career would be hard to ressurect bcoz of social media scrutiny. Sometimes its overboard but in things like this, perhaps it might be necessary if the intention is really2 just injuring another player without any connection with playing football

[@mankytoes]

You've got to remember, Keane was captain of a Manchester United team that were allowed to get away with all sorts of things, like referee intimidation, he wasn't just some player. Ronaldo smashed an autistic kid's phone not long ago and it's already pretty much forgotten.

[@VenomousSpyro]

Who cares about Social Media scrutiny?

[@thztan7492]

@@VenomousSpyro their lawyer, agents, the club sponsors & all the marketing department. Coz it affects their brand image ---> and it will leads to the money that the players will received

[@JC-cn9iq]

And united really thought they were getting halland 😂😂😂

[@johnmitchell2269]

They thought they were getting his dad, as Ole's assistant.

[@theunknownstuntman4010]

Keane "caught" Haaland above his knee, he booted him full pelt

[@cryha8789]

Keane tried to foul Haaland and injured himself then tried to break Haalands leg because hes an absolute melt.

[@man4437]

I resent the idea that Keane is a melt. He's hardly covered himself in glory but I think he's a fine guy

[@rroy9985]

Factos

[@TinyBudha]

@@man4437 anybody can put on a facade to look good on TV. His actions on the pitch and behind close doors show his true nature

[@Ren_1090]

@@man4437 if this had happened anywhere off a football pitch Keane would’ve been arrested for assault. Hardly the actions of a “fine guy”

[@deaconblackfire2896]

@@Ren_1090 Too bad it happened on a football pitch where tackles are allowed, cry some more why don't you Roy Keane: Premier League: 1993-94, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2002-03 FA Cup: 1993-94, 1995-96, 1998-99, 2003-04 FA Community Shield: 1993, 1996, 1997, 2003 UEFA Champions League: 1998-99 Intercontinental Cup: 1999 Scottish Premier League: 2005-06 Scottish League Cup: 2005-06 Individual PFA Team of the Year: 1992-93 Premier League, 1996-97 Premier League, 1999-2000 Premier League, 2000-01 Premier League, 2001-02 Premier League PFA Team of the Century: (1907-2007) Team of the Century 1997-2007 Overall Team of the Century

[@lightsoul9739]

So Keane kicked Haaland once, not even trying to get to the ball and injured himself. For a revenge he kicked him a second time four years later, and this time way worse. It just baffles me that a player like this did not get a ban for at least the rest of season, as he had only the intension to injured Haaland. The fact that a person like this is now a tv pundit and is still seen as a United hero shows, that no one cares about fair play in football.

[@adampickford6405]

Nah, it just shows that United are filth

[@KingChaddi]

👏🏾👏🏾

[@willgimenez5188]

Snowflake

[@IIllIIIlll]

What is he even getting revenge on? The man hurt himself trying to cheat, got called a cheat, and was so mad about it he premeditated an assault on the guy who he hurt himself trying to kick. Keane's brain is perfectly smooth.

[@csolivais1979]

@@IIllIIIlll he didn't care about that. What set Kene off was that he was accused of faking an injury. Everything else he was fine with.

[@thegriffin2645]

Thank you for this video. I was really confused on the story but this cleared it up for me. Thanks

[@davidlean1060]

Shame you couldn't show the two players in the tunnel before the game. AS I remember it, Haaland had a look of slight concern on his face as the teams lined up to enter the pitch. He knew something was coming that day.

[@cmrdecc6516]

Much respect to you senior football fans who remember these intricate details. I started watching during the Oliver kahn, Ronaldo (#9) and Klose days. Cried during the finals when Germany lost haha. I still remember watching kahn sit by the goalpost after the match with tears in my mind too embarassed to cry because the room was full of family and friends. Sigh....

[@btb3614]

Although I highly doubt it played a huge factor in Erling signing with City over United, in my opinion it must have factored into the equation, even slightly. Remember, Ole Gunnar Solskjær was Haaland’s manager at Molde and attempted to recruit him when managing at Utd. I don’t believe Erling even took a meeting before signing with Dortmund.

[@TheWezzbian]

Nothing to do with the fact Man City finished with 35 more points than Man U ??

[@btb3614]

@@TheWezzbian You may have forgotten that Solskjær attempted to sign Erling in 2020. At the time Manchester United had just finished 3rd. Ole and Alf-Inge were former teammates for the Norwegian National team and Ole was Erling’s manage at Molde. Erling still signed with Dortmund.

[@AeonQuasar]

Maybe, maybe not. But I think Haaland knew where he was the most needed. In Dortmund he saw a team lacking a major striker and they had a fantastic team behind him. Also an easier league for stepping stone over Premier League. In United he might have not even started.

[@NoonyJW]

UTD are a finished club. City will dominate Englis football for the foreseeable future

[@btb3614]

@@AeonQuasar Very true, I think you may be spot on regarding the Bundesliga as a stepping stone, but at the time United’s biggest hole was at striker, so Erling would have walked into Solskjaer’s starting 11.

[@LeeWaBee]

Not sure if this is an unpopular opinion or whatever, but this kind of attitude in the game is something I despise and I'm glad the football I get to watch doesn't have these so-called rivalries as much as there used to be before and football becomes about the actual technical skills and clean tackles that are far more challenging than an animalistic approach to the game. Frustrated players who get physical when they cannot get the ball are like toddlers who throw themselves on the floor when they don't get what they want.

[@phuston087]

Its certainly an unpopular opinion. But i guess its an opinion, football was far better when there was bite in the game and rivalry was more intense. I also think coaching today at the top level has removed alot of individual brilliance that used to be in the game.

[@PaleSalad]

I would just say that this is by no means the norm. The only reason we're talking about it now is because it's an event that sticks out as dramatic and odd. The game did have it's problems back then just like it does now with diving and player egos etc.

[@phuston087]

@@PaleSalad there was egos back then too. Buy id take the hard tackles and nastiness over the diving and play acting all day long

[@ILikedGooglePlus]

Factos 👍

[@cicamaca725]

Yeah, players nowadays dive every 5 minutes, such a great progress.

[@robdavies82]

Shearer was the 1 player who really lived rent free in Keane’s head. He didn’t react or flinch, just looked at him and didn’t react as Keane tried to give him handbags before being sent off 🤣

[@overman2306]

Shearer was shitting himself.

[@TheAlphaDingo]

yep, Keane filled his shorts when Al stared him down. There was credible rumours that a potato sized bit of doodoo was found in the Man Utd rooms afterwards

[@c.connolly1050]

Yep, shearer was frozen in fear alright

[@overman2306]

@@c.connolly1050 pooed his pants

[@lordfizzz]

You love to see it

[@andyhills9972]

This Keane chap seems a lovely fellow. No wonder in an age where we take abuse seriously, no one wants to hire him as manager.

[@csolivais1979]

Probably makes enough on TV, plus it's way less stressful than being a coach.

[@AK-74K]

He is doing just fine being a pundit for Sky

[@unid3ntifiedz]

Boy still be boy

[@johnmitchell2269]

Do you think Diego Simeone is a lovely fellow?? He's not, but he's a top manager. My point, you don't need to be 'lovely' to be successful.

[@davidlean1060]

He's actually a very witty and charming guy and far smarter than most modern footballers. He is right to demand high stadards, but a manager has to choose his moments more wisely to keep players on board.

[@charlesphilips2045]

"The North Remembers" apparently so does Roy Keane.

[@DizzyBusy]

The same can be said for Haaland, to be fair

[@bhakt5551]

Now we have his son who in my views is one of the most Physically strong strikers ever. He is a defenders nightmare, pushing and leaving them to eat grass

[@davidlean1060]

HIs Dad was big too, unlike Keano, who is neither tall, nor broad. He's quiet slight actually. It's not the dog in the fight though, is it? It's the fight in the dog!

[@gormlesshun]

Maybe bad defender's nightmares. He was exposed in the euro qualifiers

[@Pmb-vp9ok]

Keane didn’t end his career He got him back and he played the next week

[@Geokinkladze]

I guess Keane's cruciate didn't cause him to miss 12 months either as he played the rest of the game afterwards.

[@domie1595]

@@Geokinkladze You should watch the video, its pretty good.

[@Triclips]

Great vid man

[@_CrissoN]

"Erling Haaland's Dad" lmao, did Roy Keane make this video?

[@peacefulliberal5641]

Roy Keane is a horrible person.

[@user-my7ho2nb3g]

Hey Tifo, can you make a video for Martin Laursen, one of the most solid CB in the history of Premierships

[@ryanrumpidge9456]

they should title the video Anton Laursen's dad

[@Summarcheo]

What’s even worse is that this isn’t the first time this happened. A long time ago Colin Bell was injured by a terrible tackle by a Manchester United player. He never recovered from it

[@Blobby192]

died?

[@chassiemccarthy4026]

Good

[@vadsgator78942]

His dad also has a name bruh. (The title)

[@Kris_413]

It's for clicks, the dad ain't that famous as Haland. For that reason alone it makes sense to have that tilte

[@mogreen1798]

Unpopular opinion, erling haaland is a robot made by Microsoft in 2014

[@snoopdogg2836]

Agreed

[@gamewithgreg]

I believe he also mentioned Wetherall in his book, saying "there's some for him too"

[@ribsi85]

The bit I don't get is that Keane's initial lunge and injury were quite clearly his fault. He can be as hard, stoic and angry as he wants, but both incidents were his fault. The second incident were in reaction to what Haaland said while thinking Keane had faked an injury to try and get a penalty. It must have been pretty tasty, to warrant that response 12 months later, so I'll assume it was pretty bad. The football culture in general probably feels fairly understanding of a player getting clattered by a player and then coming back and getting some justice... But I don't know if many of us agree with the idea of a bloke assualting another, intentionally, based on words alone. Just doesn't make him seem tough to me, just insane and petty.

[@jzilla1234]

It's about the accusation of faking an injury

[@ribsi85]

@@jzilla1234 yeah I guess I understand his reasoning, it just makes him seem like the kind of person that shouldn't be free in society.

[@KingChaddi]

@@ribsi85 👏🏾👏🏾

[@deaconblackfire2896]

@@ribsi85🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 you wanna lock up Roy Keane over a tackle, no wonder the wetwipes who play football nowadays can get away with rolling around the pitch as soon as they're touched while even the women stay on their feet. Roy Keane did what was necessary and that's why he won everything there was to win as a player as a manager and as a leader, beautiful beautiful animal of a player

[@theportugueselegend]

@@ribsi85 Can't compare both. If you follow the NBA, Isiah Thomas was a fighter in the court, but out of it he is the most calm guy you've ever seen. Keane's attitude was justified, because he never dived or faked something like that. So Haaland, in 4 or 5 years in the Premier League, should have known that and kept the words to himself, at least. I'm not saying he deserved to be tackled like that, but he kinda put himself in a position he would have to look over his shoulder. Again, don't think a thing like this should determine if a guy should "walk free in society"

[@My_dog_is_my_heart]

This is from an interview with Alfie when Erling played at Molde under Keane’s former teammate Solskjaer: «Going back to the initial incident at Elland Road, Haaland said: He tried to tackle me and I got the free-kick. He was lying on the ground and I just told him to ‘get up’ as you normally do with players trying to tackle you - nothing more than that. I wasn’t trying to intend anything against him, but obviously he took that very hard. And about that ill-fated day at Old Trafford in 2001, Haaland added: “For eight years, I wasn’t injured. Coincidence or not, that was my last 90 minutes in England. Is that a coincidence, or isn’t it? “If you’re in the ground and someone hits you in the right leg, you can still twist your other leg. It can get injured and that’s probably what happened. “I haven’t played a full 90 minutes after that incident, that’s the hard fact. And people can judge whatever they want from that».

[@siberianTiger639]

Then someone is lying here. Why are other people writing Haaland had some injury issues before this Roy Keane tackle? Also, even if Keane's tackle had an effect, than it's the doctors and physios fault (at Haaland's club). He continued to play after this tackle in this game and played a few games after this. Why did they let him do that? Obviously they didn't treat the injury properly and didn't think it was very serious at the time.

[@gamewithgreg]

It's an odd concept to me that Alfe Inge isn't named by his name in the title, and that there will be people watching who never saw his dad play, never saw this match live and in some cases may not have even known that Erling's dad was a player himself Guess I grew up in the right era

[@sususegar]

It's evidently one for the kids. Those old enough to remember have heard quite enough about it!

[@tonynixonmavely9753]

A bit of a biased opinion, ain't it? There would be famous situations/ relations from previous generations that you might not be aware of. Therefore, videos about that era would have to be titled with respect to players you would be familiar with. Even if you are a scholar in the history of football, that doesn't mean everyone from your era would be like that (Not to mention that there would be people who do know about Alfe Inge even though they might not have seen him play).

[@rickenfatania]

I don't think it was an autobiography - it was more of a biography. Keane didn't actually say that or write the book himself. So many people talk nonsense about this quote and Keane ending Haaland's career it's utter BS. He did his job as a CM and yes sometimes let personal conflicts and his temper get the better of him most footballers have. I think there's very few people you'd want to face if you were the opposition and he was a great leader, doesn't get the respect he deserves.

[@Mitro86]

I can't wait for Erlings Haaland's interview after the Manchester Derby.

[@MagicianCamille]

I enjoy him as a pundit but damn, should've been a lifetime ban from football after that vicious assault.

[@ck867]

This is the video the internet needs, because people still trot out the “career ending tackle” myth far more often than it should.

[@retro1937]

One can't really say that tackle wasn't career ending, even though Haaland snr. was already injured in his other knee, you play football with both knees/legs so Keane kicking his "good knee" definitely impacted his playing and probably led to him retiring quicker. Keane is an inspirational player, but what he did to Haaland and how he described it years afterwards shows he is a sick human being.

[@domie1595]

@@retro1937 With that logic every tackle on him while he was injured was a career ending tackle, cause you are going to have some twist in the knee pretty much any time you get tackled.

[@MorrisseyMuse]

4 game ban for that tackle...shows the FA bias towards Man Yoo

[@Summarcheo]

Exactly

[@Sim0n98]

Alfie finished the game and played for Norway just 3 days later. The idea that it ended his career is one of the biggest mythes in football.

[@henrikgm654]

does anyone know the details around why Alf-Inge and ManCity dropped taking legal actions against Keane for this? think it was at least partially due to Alfie having played with the injury for such a long time and the medics team said that part of the case would be impossible/difficult to win. But I remember roughly the same time, Duncan Fergusson got 3 months jail time for headbutting a John McStay on the pitch while playing for Rangers. Is the only difference here that Alfie didn't press charges, while McStay did, and they have to be filed by the offended party in UK? We have newly implemented rules in football where I live where all violent conducts will be reported to the police by the officials - irrellevant if the offended person wants to or not - at all levels of football. But the rules are different in different countries of course

[@thereaIest.]

“Offendant”

[@henrikgm654]

@@thereaIest. yepp :) not my first language, but fixed it now

[@joeyjones7253]

haaland played for norway 4 days after the keane incident

[@edmann1820]

The Keane interview where he admitted intent and even a little premeditation and no remorse came years after the incident.

[@uzaidgurjee4798]

Yes, Alfie had to press charges for Keane to be punished. The officials could tell the FA to punish Keane but for the police to be involved Alfie had go to the police himself.

[@scenczyk1429]

Let's be real. If more was understood in medical science about these kinds of injuries at the time, none of this would have happened Either way. I can't wait to see Roy's assessments of City sitting next to Micah and Gary, seething or gleeful. Orrrr... pragmatic, character growth for Roy? There is a chance

[@Geokinkladze]

His assessment is that he can't see anyone beating either City or Liverpool and he favours City.

[@Dragonaut111]

Never forget watching that tackle, if you can even call it a tackle

[@seempeeson771]

The mindset of a great man

[@paulduncan789]

To physically injure someone because they hurt your feelings?

[@zaidmohd699]

Erling Haaland's motivation in joining Man City is probably to destroy a terribly poor Man Utd side even more, because of Roy Keane.

[@johnmitchell2269]

Can't have anything to do with wages, that's for sure.

[@rajkaranvirk7525]

@@johnmitchell2269 Madrid were offering him the same amount of money, and he still joined City.

[@loxi766]

he dont need to join city for that... United are nothing since fergie left.. and they will be so if glazer still there.. Newcastle will take United place..

[@Johndoe-gf7eu]

This doesn’t make sense. Roy keane isn’t Manchester united 😂

[@iRushil]

So as a revenge he made a kid to destroy Keane's beloved team 😭 now that's a masterclass in revenge!

[@jbr6371]

Brentford are doing that as well, that's not an achievement anymore

[@Johndoe-gf7eu]

@@jbr6371 aged well 😭😂😂😂😂😂

[@Johndoe-gf7eu]

Roy keane doesn’t even support united 😂😂😂lord these indians 😂😂😂😂

[@Johndoe-gf7eu]

Take revenge by eventually moving from city with less trophies than united 😂😂warra revenge

[@Chrisheron78]

What people need to remember...Erling Haalands dad used to run around kicking lumps out of people every week....IN FACT...him and his son even made a youtube video not long ago where they both sit and laugh about the dirty challenges he used to make when he was a player...U didn't like Keane as a player, but if u stand over a bloke whos just been seriously injures giving him grief..then dont go crying about it when u get some back later on. Haaland senior needs to stop going on like a big baby and forget about it. Keane in fact made him famous WITH that tackle!

[@amrazing33]

This video: "Erling Haaland's dad" Alfie: *stares in disgrace* Naruto: "first time?"

[@mustafaabdulsahib9317]

players insult each other all the time but we dont see a revenge tackle often, keane kept his grudge for years to take revenge, thats very disturbing anyway united should sign ramos and play him only in the manchester derby and keane will be happy :D

[@kurtpunchesthings2411]

hahaha yea Sergio Ramos as i call him Spanish Roy Keane and that is a massive compliment the guy deserves this nickname

[@OmPrakash-ie7sh]

When haaland was in Salzburg he played against Ramos and bossed him

[@harrierjames7727]

Sergio Ramos? What a total pansy and a cheat he is. Keane was tough. Ramos is a total tosser.

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[@saikatkar4452]

That's just disgusting. I have no respect for him at all.

[@donkosaurus]

keane held that grudge for years before acting out on it really cowardly behaviour

[@81stCommander]

Not really, he did it out in the open in front of thousands of people, fully knowing the consequences. A coward would have done it in less public space.

[@donkosaurus]

@@81stCommander at old trafford with 50 thousand people backing him up?

[@lousassoul7344]

@@donkosaurus i dont think it would have mattered to him were he did it...

[@tamasbrenyo1348]

Keane is the shame of the game. Especially that he planned it, executed it, admitted it, and still he is proud of it. The symbol of unsportsmanship.

[@793Rich]

Roy Kean was at times downright nasty

[@irvanrizal6828]

Well, he did admit that. No Regret. What a gentleman. Hard to find player like him these days.

[@Summarcheo]

“A gentleman” what an absolute joke

[@Fozykeno]

@@Summarcheo irvan here is a joke

[@Johndoe-gf7eu]

@@Summarcheo i know, alfie getting in roys face when he was severely injured on the floor is absolutely disgusting and a complete joke

[@aaaak4]

If you hurt one leg you overcompensate with the other

[@Christian_Bagger]

I think Alf said something about “You’re just all talk, huh?”.

[@wmyates17]

Good job pointing at the left knee guys, you nailed it

[@anths8863]

Yea, it simply helped alot to make the fact clear that Roy Keane's tackle wasn't the cause of Alf-Inge Halaand's career ending early and instead was the left knee that he had been suffering with before the tackle.

[@yalkhazali71]

Keane ending Haaland's career is a Mandela effect situation. Everyone forgets he started for Norway the very week after Keano's challenge on him (Edited cos turns out he didn’t last 90 minutes but still)

[@andrewomahony9260]

Because Haaland has controlled the media to make people forget and to make them think his son is the greatest player since sliced bread.

[@Geokinkladze]

Kean played the remainder of the game after tripping over Haaland. That doesn't mean he didn't tear his cruciate while doing so causing him to miss circa 12 months of football as a result.

[@domie1595]

@@Geokinkladze Continuing the game because you are out of subs, and starting a game 4 days later is very different.

[@Geokinkladze]

@@domie1595 They are different, but also the same. They both involved playing with an injury, so in that sense they are the same. Keane was able to finish the game whereas Haaland was not so in that sense they were both different.

[@Geokinkladze]

"Everyone forgets he played 90 minutes for Norway the very week after Keano's" No one forgets things you've made up in your head. That's just your imagination talking. FYI he lasted half the game, and never played for Norway again.

[@davidzheng369]

Now he has a son who has the legs of steel. A Bayern Munich player tried tackling Erling and got injured instead of slowing down Erling.

[@subparnaturedocumentary]

i can see slabhead maguire attempting a tackle on haaland and somehow ended injuring himself and whoever is closest to him lol

[@MitsubishiGTO]

I can confirm, 52 goals later, that this is true.

[@babafoods]

Villain vs Villain stories are much better than villain vs hero ones.

[@Nerd_History]

Damn it’s wild how frail Keane is mentally to resort to dirty challenges

[@csolivais1979]

While his challenge was bad, go back and watch games from the 80s till around that time. That type of tackle wasn't that uncommon. If Kean, after the game would of said "oh, I just made a bad tackle" we wouldn't be talking about it now.

[@icemanire5467]

Have you seen Haaland's challenges? Putting two footed tackles into players on a regular basis. At least Keane could play football.

[@Brizyy]

Thank god you brought up he didnt end his career. But yeah, even as a United fan i can say Keane took it way too far. One would think being called out for faking injury when it is in fact real would have no effect on someone as tough as Keane, instead he does this. What a psycho.

[@davidlean1060]

He's no psycho..he's just from Cork!

[@FozzQuaker]

I love hearing how Keane ended Haalands career... When infact Haaland actually played for Norway some 4 days later and wouldnt retire for another 2 years

[@harrynoke6458]

I love Roy Keane

[@nicknewman7848]

Keane spent his whole career feeling insecure about his abilities.. that's what drove him and why he projected his anger onto those around him. Because of his limited technical abilities he deep down thought he was a "bluffer" a phrase he still uses about others. He had a decent first touch, brilliant positional awareness, the ability to keep it simple while playing forward, good decision making and amazing leadership skills on the pitch. Technically he had to keep it simple because he wasn't capable of much more. The fact that Haaland stood over him and called him a "bluffer" or a "fake" at the very moment Keane knew his season was over was an unfortunate misunderstanding but tapped into all of Keane's insecurities about himself and the rest is history.

[@shrutimoydas3756]

Keane was by no means a player with limited technical abilities. If you are the captain of a treble winning team, then you must have some sort of ability. An insecure player captaining some of the most successful teams in the history of the sport, the manager must have been drunk.

[@TheSWCantina]

@@shrutimoydas3756 Absolutely. Numerous titles aside. The guy won PFA Player of the year, FWA and finished in a Ballon D'or top 10 twice. The league record signing in 93 and the first player earn 100k in the Premier League. Far from a limited player.

[@icemanire5467]

Limited player my hole. The best midfielder in the league for a decade. 99-01 he was untouchable. He played 4 world class midfielders off the park at Juventus in 99 and 00 and 01 he played star studded Portuguese and Netherlands teams off the park to qualify Ireland for the world cup.

[@nicknewman7848]

@@shrutimoydas3756 I listed his abilities above.. your logic shows your lack of understanding about human psychology. Everyone has insecurities.. Ask Tyson Fury the Champion of the world. Sometimes insecurities drive successful people.

[@c.connolly1050]

His passing was up there with prems best and check his goalscoring record as a cdm. He may not have had the flicks and tricks but there's more to being a good technical footballer than that.

[@freescoring]

Returning to the pitch after a ruptured cruciate ligament. Wow.

[@myhatmygandhi6217]

They don't make em like that anymore. We went from Keane going back on the pitch to play with a ruptured cruciate to Neymar doing 7 rolls for being touched slightly in the back.

[@nurityalieva3852]

I’m sure Keane will have flashbacks to this the next match day between man utd and man city

[@jackwilcox5811]

It's crazy when you see the footage. You see home fans saying nahh that's not a red

[@mr.robertdobalina9199]

Revenge is a fool’s game.

[@user-lr3dt4me5j]

Really? Watch both games than make decision....

[@darger3]

Keane seems to be a person that you like, only when he is in on your team; I’m sure we all know a few of those people. He seems madly territorial.

[@davidlean1060]

Nah, he's just from Cork!

[@Rrr-bz6pe]

agreed, the guy got the mentality of a dog...

[@winston99999]

Good job Roy! You are my hero which I tell my grandsons to model themselves on. A true hard man, the hardest that ever graced a football pitch. I would love a pint with you sometime.

[@lordfizzz]

I hope to see your grandkids on the pitch, coming in studs up

[@siberianTiger639]

People made too much about this tackle because it "ended Haaland's career". But as said in the video that is a myth. Haaland actually continued to play after this tackle in that game and played a few games just after this game. This tackle probably never had any impact on ending Haaland's career but some people wanted to make a bigger story out of it than it already was and painted Keane as some butcher who ruined Haaland's leg with one tackle lol.

[@usangt3695]

I’m here after city thrashed united 6-3 😅

[@yes-pn1gm]

I'm a bit younger so never saw him on the pitch, I hate Keane and his punditry. I didn't know this... but this just doublely confirms he's a terrible human being.

[@ajprop99]

The greatest midfielder to ever grace the premier league

[@KingChaddi]

@@ajprop99 still a terrible human being

[@KingChaddi]

Genuinely I hate that man. And every story about him makes me hate him more

[@ShinkinNoMakai]

Roy crushed Alf's career. Erling crushes Roy's club

[@Fozykeno]

Just imagine the scenes of man city go on to win the treble and united get regulated…. Haaland family would bury that dead club loool

[@alexisflores7066]

That's one thing I don't like about halland senior... He leads people to believe that's the reason he retired

[@davidchandra8722]

I remember somewhere, Keane got interview and he said, he thinks its stupid for what he did back then.

[@wugglebee9522]

It's not stupid. It's purposefully malicious and evil. Keane isn't stupid, he's a horrible human being.

[@davidchandra8722]

@@wugglebee9522 he means that what he did was stupid back then. People change

[@7lvnblue464]

Keano really is that guy that is about it lol love it

[@gabrielguerrero3404]

Lol it’s funny they put erling haaland’s dad in the title to obviously get more views

[@jabarireyes4097]

Steups I don't care bout what Keane did we need players like this fire and passionate players we lack

[@UrbanFreestylerTV]

Well done for clearing the injury myth. Yes it was high but Haaland saw it coming and rode it by jumping in the air. He played on the rest of the game.

[@harveyjohnson7554]

What a player roy keane was

[@mcbiggy1322]

Erling Haalands Dad deserved tbh.

[@johnhudghton2287]

Keane should have been banned from the game entirely as soon as that admission came out. Nasty piece of work.

[@rabha2706]

There is no one like Roy Keane in the current generation of football and I think no one even comes close

[@christiancano3147]

And that's a good thing

[@AeolianMusica]

I wonder which “capable utility player” playing today will have a word class child in the PL in 20 years’ time?

[@NikozBG]

My bet is on Milner

[@Hadar1991]

@@NikozBG If it would be true I hope that Milner Junior will play for Manchester City not Liverpool. I am still salty that Milner left City :p

[@wayne8797]

That’s why I never liked Keane. Whatever it is, it is not worth causing potentially career ending injuries to another players. Players should get banned for life for these reckless, selfish and shortsighted BS.

[@csolivais1979]

Different eras. Go back and watch games from the 80s and 90s. Stuff that would be a red card in today's game weren't even called fouls.

[@neocell710]

@@csolivais1979 Still, that's reckless behaviour.

[@user-dm1zc3im4y]

I am Also from norway so i saw that match and When i saw that tackel i knew he whas going to stop his fotball carier

[@TheCipheric]

Anyone who has ever known 10% of Keano, should know that his tackle was no surprise … He is a singleminded beast, that doesn’t justify his actions but comeon it’s Keane, that’s how his head works … a surprise would’ve been if he hugged it out …

[@RamesesBolton]

Keane always ran away when a genuine tough guy was around. Search Vinnie Jones Vs Manchester United to see Keane and the whole United team get bullied for 90 mins

[@TheCipheric]

Are you a4 yo or something? It’s all about winning for him, doesn’t mean he never got tackled or people never tested him … vinnie jones was a rash idiot that’s why never won much and his only claim is people like you talking about his dumb challenges and he still lost … for Viera, we all know what happened in the tunnel

[@Johndoe-gf7eu]

@@RamesesBolton vinnie jones got bullied by paul ince 😂😂😂😂stop lying, man said wimbledon bullied united 😂😂😂united never got bullied in the 90s, we owned the 90s 😂😂😂

[@VanaeCavae]

Comparing Roy Keane to Saddam Hussein is an insult to Saddam. The Iraqi Dictator wasn't that hard. 😄

[@andorrasrevenge1683]

The difference is now all the footballers are on the the same team- even if they play for different clubs.

[@Marcsansum]

"if someone had done that to a Utd player i'd be right in there.....".......Unless its Duncan Ferguson, then you'll just walk away Roy

[@bigbenno9247]

Erlings dad is known only because of him and keane

[@AdarshKumar-nj7rp]

He was a useful player. Not the most known but for any PL fan during that time, Alf-Inge was a known commodity.

[@snc6344]

well tbh erling is more known for his dad

[@DoyleArmstrong41]

@@AdarshKumar-nj7rp he was a journeyman player in a very average city team

[@andyh4747]

Whats your point?