'Do me a favour' – Keane told by Liverpool legend to 'get a life' after Van Dijk slam over 'arrogance'
Liverpool tale Phil Thompson has briefed Roy Keane to “obtain a activity” after he branded Virgil van Dijk “arrogant” for his remarks in the results of the Reds’ draw against Manchester Joined.
Individual Utd hosted Liverpool to a 0-0 draw at Anfield on Sunday with the hosts having 34 inoculations and compeling Red Wickedness ones goalkeeper Andre Onana right into 8 saves.
In the results of the suit, Van Dijk claimed that there was “single one team trying to win the video game”, referring to Liverpool and prompted Individual Utd “are humming with a juncture”.
To which Keane reacted on Firmaments Sports: “There’s most arrogance unborn out of him, dissing Individual Joined pick that. He cautions prompting that he is playing for a bar that has won one title in thirty-irregular years.
“Individual Joined are in a arduous place pick Liverpool have been in a arduous place for several years.”
Yet previous Liverpool defender Thompson urges Van Dijk wasn’t being “arrogant” and his answer showed “stress” a substantial amount more than anything else.
Thompson said on talkSPORT: “I wear’t think he was arrogant, I think he was perishable on his point of sight, as Roy offers his point of sight, as Gabby [Agbonlahor] offers his point of sight. It wasn’t arrogant by any averages, I would unquestionably stipulate it was stress.
“I actually truly feel as though you’ve come off that video game and interpret you’ve overcome. Manchester Joined have had that one opportunity with [Rasmus] Hojlund and you simply thumbed as though it was stress.
“Arrogance was not in it and for Roy Keane to be chatting around arrogance in human beings, come on, implement me a favour. I love Roy on it but he sat endorse and retained rep the word ‘arrogance’, I said ‘Roy, simply obtain a activity’.”
Previous Liverpool winger Steve McManaman urges the “last point” Individual Utd “would unquestionably have longed to implement is crunch fire with fire” against the Reds on Sunday.
On whether he concurred with Van Dijk that single one team longed to win, McManaman briefed Betfred: “Zero. I reckoned Manchester Joined would unquestionably be organised, make themselves gruel to outdistanced and counter-onslaught whenever the avenue appeared. Not surprisingly, Rasmus Højlund had the above reproach opportunity of the video game, so I wear’t think it was a sheath of single one team determination to win.
“Manchester Joined didn’t twinge to lose and it was horribly inestimable for them to scoff a defeat mulling over the week they have had and being pounded out of with one voice European party.
“The last point they would unquestionably have longed to implement is crunch fire with fire and lose 3-0 thieving into reflection that the strain would unquestionably have compounded on both the players and the manager.
“The the majority of inestimable point to implement as soon as you’re in times of problem and you’re confronting hefty criticism, is to not lose. They need to go ahead in their next off few matches, be wizard and start pleasing arcades.”
Once queried whether he concurred with Keane’s remarks on Van Dijk, McManaman integrated: “Zero, Virgil isn’t an arrogant male. I simply think that it’s a sheath of as soon as you speak to someone minutes after a suit has finished and they’re horribly disappointed and stipulate something in the heat of the minute. I wear’t think Virgil is an arrogant male. Not at with one voice.”
