{"id":326687,"date":"2025-12-05T08:47:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T08:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/326687\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T08:47:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T08:47:11","slug":"roy-keane-annoyed-by-man-utd-players-who-acted-like-theyd-won-the-league-before-west-ham-equaliser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/326687\/","title":{"rendered":"Roy Keane annoyed by Man Utd players who acted &#8216;like they&#8217;d won the league&#8217; before West Ham equaliser"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Manchester United saw the struggles at Old Trafford continue on Thursday night, failing to win a second game running at home.<\/p>\n<p>It was another very poor outing from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/ruben-amorim\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ruben Amorim\u2019s<\/a> side under the lights of Old Trafford, adding to the pains and adding to growing discontent around the fanbase.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester United<\/a> have only won one game in the last five, including two without a win at home, and just one goal against two sides that should have been wins.<\/p>\n<p> Who was Man Utd\u2019s Man of the Match vs West Ham? <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"679\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2249313400-1024x679.jpg\" alt=\"Manchester United attack a corner against West Ham\" class=\"wp-image-314150\" \/>Photo by Oli SCARFF \/ AFP via Getty Images     <\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/match-coverage\/five-things-learned-as-manchester-united-draw-1-1-with-west-ham\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United\u2019s 1-1 draw with West Ham<\/a> lacked any urgency or bravery from the players or the head coach, with the intensity levels also poor, which resulted in the slim 1-0 lead being lost.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the game, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/roy-keane\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Roy Keane<\/a> spoke out on United\u2019s poor attitude.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"658\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2249325366-1024x658.jpg\" alt=\"Ruben Amorim stands with United players after draw vs West Ham\" class=\"wp-image-314254\" \/>Photo by Oli SCARFF \/ AFP via Getty ImagesRoy Keane wasn\u2019t happy with the mentality during Manchester United\u2019s substitutions<\/p>\n<p>It won\u2019t come as a shock to hear Keane was annoyed after United\u2019s 1-1 draw.<\/p>\n<p> Roy Keane SLAMMED Mason Mount <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was like a schoolboy out there. You\u2019re looking for players to come on with a bit of presence and say, \u2018Give me the ball.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roy Keane on Mason Mount vs West Ham<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/roy-keane-mason-mount-1764889411677-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Roy Keane \/ Mason Mount\" class=\"wp-image-314221\" \/>Credit: Richard Sellers\/Sportsphoto\/Allstar\/Justin Setterfield via Getty Images     <\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p>The club legend called out Mason Mount for his cameo, but also questioned the attitude of United\u2019s players during substitutions, as he ranted on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SkySportsPL\/status\/1996709055495098804\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Sky Sports<\/a> after the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnited were making substitutions, the manager is entitled to make substitutions. But I was looking at the players coming off, and it was like they\u2019d won the league, they were just all chilling out, you go \u2018it\u2019s 1-0, get off the pitch, come on\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShow some intensity to your play when you\u2019re defending set-pieces, the subs were coming on and it was all a bit like, \u2018aye this is cool\u2019, you can\u2019t be cool when you are 1-0 up, get the job done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Keane was furious with this and rightly so, as United were really poor after scoring, failing to push on and make it an easy three points.<\/p>\n<p>The players might have got criticism from Keane; however, Amorim\u2019s substitute decisions have been terrible for a long time.<\/p>\n<p>Ruben Amorim\u2019s substitutions have cost Manchester United again<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils weren\u2019t good enough against West Ham, really struggling during the game, but despite this, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/match-coverage\/man-utd-player-ratings-vs-west-ham\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Diogo Dalot\u2019s goal for United<\/a> had the hosts en route to three points.<\/p>\n<p>However, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/match-coverage\/baffled-man-utd-fans-react-to-manuel-ugarte-and-all-thinking-same-thing-after-west-ham-draw-the-difference\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">moment Manuel Ugarte appeared on the touchline<\/a>, any confidence in the Red Devils claiming three points immediately diminished.<\/p>\n<p>At a time when United needed control in midfield to keep the ball and earn a win, Amorim instead decided to add some chaos into his midfield, and while it didn\u2019t directly lead to the goal, mentally, the players never respond well to Ugarte\u2019s introduction.<\/p>\n<p>Kobbie Mainoo was right there for Amorim to play, yet he was ignored, which is just a confusing decision, as it might be the one addition to help United control games.<\/p>\n<p>  Join Our Newsletter <\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best United content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United saw the struggles at Old Trafford continue on Thursday night, failing to win a second game&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":326688,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,574,67451,561,82],"class_list":["post-326687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-premier-league","tag-roy-keane","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}