{"id":264231,"date":"2026-01-26T04:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T04:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/264231\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T04:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T04:47:08","slug":"roy-keane-hammers-arsenals-mental-weakness-after-man-united-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/264231\/","title":{"rendered":"Roy Keane Hammers Arsenal&#8217;s Mental Weakness After Man United Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United have secured a shock victory at the Emirates on Sunday evening, with interim head coach Michael Carrick leading the club to a deserved 3-2 victory over Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal started the better of the two sides in this game, although they did not really threaten the opposition goal. However, they would take the lead due to a fortunate deflection of Lisandro Martinez in the 29th minute.<\/p>\n<p>While you would have expected Mikel Arteta&#8217;s side to take control of the contest after that point, that did not prove to be the case.<\/p>\n<p>Bryan Mbuemo would equalise after a disastrous error from Martin Zubimendi, finishing well past David Raya.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bryan Mbeumo equalises for Manchester United! \ud83d\udc4a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zDbCns36MM\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/zDbCns36MM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsPL\/status\/2015472227441893383?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The two sides were level at the interval, although the visitors would take the lead soon after the second half got underway.<\/p>\n<p>It came in impressive fashion, with Patrick Dorgu scoring a magnificent long range effort.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Patrick Dorgu, that is SENSATIONAL! \ud83e\udd29 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3iQZrGVjQ4\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/3iQZrGVjQ4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsPL\/status\/2015479691688235055?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Arsenal would dominate possession after the point, but continued to struggle to create much in the way of clear goalscoring opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>They were then gifted an equaliser thanks to a shocking piece of goalkeeping from Senne Lammens.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Emirates, ERUPTS! \ud83e\udd2f<\/p>\n<p>Mikel Merino finds the equaliser for Arsenal! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yRnuGOgVkw\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/yRnuGOgVkw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsPL\/status\/2015488463127138591?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n        Recommended\n    <\/p>\n<p>                        <a :href=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/football\/article.url\" :title=\"article.title\" :aria-label=\"article.title\" class=\"not-prose col-span-2 md:col-span-1 ga-event\" data-category=\"Recommended Article Tracker\" data-action=\"click\" :data-label=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/football\/article.url\" :data-value=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/football\/article.url\"><\/p>\n<p>                                            <img class=\"aspect-video\" width=\"130\" height=\"73\" :src=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/football\/article.image\" :alt=\"'Image for: ' + article.title\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, there was more drama still to come.<\/p>\n<p>Matheus Cunha would pop up a few moments later to score a stunning winner as Michael Carrick claimed a second big win since taking over as interim boss.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WOW! INCREDIBLE from Matheus Cunha! \ud83d\udca5 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MVRNaPCOcR\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/MVRNaPCOcR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsPL\/status\/2015488902027493556?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>READ ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/football\/caoimhin-kelleher-rory-mcilroy-ireland-hungary-648286\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Caoimh\u00edn Kelleher Laughs Off Rory McIlroy Comparison About Hungary Winner<\/a><\/p>\n<p>READ ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/football\/martin-oneill-ireland-celtic-liam-scales-648251\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Martin O&#8217;Neill&#8217;s Celtic Comments Show How Highly He Values Irish Defender<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Roy Keane Delivers Withering Take On Arsenal&#8217;s Mental Weakness<\/p>\n<p>While this was a magnificent result for Manchester United, it was an incredibly poor one for Arsenal. Arteta&#8217;s side had the opportunity to cement their place at the top of the division, although the gap between themselves and Manchester City has now been reduced to just four points.<\/p>\n<p>This is the latest instalment in what has been a shaky run of form from Arsenal in the league, with questions being asked about their mentality ahead of a push for a first title since 2004 over the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Sky Sports, Roy Keane suggested that their recent struggles are a familiar sight after they have faltered in promising positions on a number of occasions in recent seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Do you know what that&#8217;s called? Pressure.<\/p>\n<p>The pressure is on Arsenal today. They&#8217;ve seen the results and are in a great position. They&#8217;ve got everything going for them and are doing really well in all the competitions.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s pressure. They&#8217;re feeling the pressure. It&#8217;s how they deal with it over the next month or two.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s what has cost them over the last couple of years when they&#8217;ve got themselves in good positions. The signs now over the last few weeks going back to the Liverpool game, the Forest game, and today losing that momentum (is that it&#8217;s happening again).<\/p>\n<p>If they look at it you have to have step back, reset and say &#8216;we&#8217;re still in a great position&#8217;. They have to find a way to get that momentum back and a bit of confidence.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t believe they don&#8217;t have that confidence as a team with where they are in the league and what they&#8217;re doing in the other competitions. You&#8217;d be in the dressing room going &#8216;what&#8217;s up with everybody?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Play the game, they&#8217;re obviously playing the occasion&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ve got to back to basics and start embracing this challenge rather than being frightened by it.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal will have a dead rubber Champions League game against Kairat to play in midweek, before a potentially tricky trip to take on Leeds United in the league next weekend.<\/p>\n<p>It will be interesting to see how they respond to this result, with Manchester City perhaps smelling some blood in the water despite their own recent run of poor form.<\/p>\n<p>SEE ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/football\/jamie-carragher-keith-andrews-brentford-648346\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jamie Carragher Taken Aback By One Keith Andrews Skill During Brentford Tenure<\/a><br \/>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United have secured a shock victory at the Emirates on Sunday evening, with interim head coach Michael&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264232,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,271,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-264231","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-roy-keane","11":"tag-top-news","12":"tag-top-stories","13":"tag-topnews","14":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}