{"id":287934,"date":"2026-02-08T22:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T22:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/287934\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T22:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T22:48:08","slug":"roy-keane-hammers-man-city-for-disrespectful-actions-in-slot-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/287934\/","title":{"rendered":"Roy Keane Hammers Man City For Disrespectful Actions In Slot Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City kept the Premier League title race alive on Sunday evening, producing a late comeback to defeat Liverpool 2-1 at Anfield.<\/p>\n<p>This was an entertaining game, one which either side could have won. City were the better team in the opening half, although they failed to take a lead into the interval.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool would improve in the second half, eventually taking the lead thanks to a magnificent free-kick from Dominic Szoboszlai.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dominik Szoboszlai that is absolutely out of this world! WOW! \ud83d\ude0d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N17F24GJzG\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/N17F24GJzG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsPL\/status\/2020559669350011207?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While Manchester City&#8217;s title charge looked to be done at this stage, there was some late drama to come. They would equalise a few minutes later through Bernardo Silva, before Erling Haaland would the game from the penalty spot in injury time.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Erling Haaland keeps the title race ALIVE! \ud83e\udd2f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VxjQrJFFVk\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/VxjQrJFFVk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsPL\/status\/2020564333344800877?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>READ ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/football\/ireland-star-matt-doherty-asian-nation-649043\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fans Surprised To Learn That Ireland Star Could Have Played For Asian Nation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>READ ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/football\/kieran-mckenna-ireland-star-sammie-szmodics-649171\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ipswich Manager&#8217;s Curious Explanation For Ireland Star&#8217;s Loan Move<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Roy Keane Hammers Man City Stars For Disrespectful Celebrations<\/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>This was a massive result for Manchester City, keeping their title hopes alive as they moved to within six points of Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>Their players and coaching staff were rightly in a jovial mood after the game, celebrating both on the pitch and in the dressing room at Anfield.<\/p>\n<p>That included blaring loud music in the changing room after the game, something that could be heard clearly during some of the post-match interviews on Sky Sports.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Anyone who&#8217;s been in this stadium for the last eight years knows that if Mo Salah is in that position it&#8217;s a goal!&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Arne Slot chuckles in response to questions around refereeing decisions in Liverpool&#8217;s defeat to Man City \ud83d\udfe5 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Zb6h8hVVAa\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Zb6h8hVVAa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsPL\/status\/2020581350932185126?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the channel, Keane said that while City were right to celebrate the result, their actions on this occasion crossed into the &#8216;disrespectful&#8217; category.<\/p>\n<p>Listen, it will be interesting to see if the music is on when Pep does his talk.<\/p>\n<p>Man City are entitled to enjoy themselves, but you also have to show a bit of respect.<\/p>\n<p>Turn the music down when people are doing press interviews. Ridiculous.<\/p>\n<p>The Irishman was also highly critical of a Liverpool player&#8217;s role in Man City&#8217;s win.<\/p>\n<p>Alisson Becker would give away a penalty after a rash challenge on Matheus Nunes in the box, fouling the Portugal international at a time when he looked to be offering very little danger.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Sky Sports after the game, Roy Keane hammered the Liverpool goalkeeper for what he thought was a &#8216;crazy&#8217; call late on.<\/p>\n<p>I think it&#8217;s one of them ones with the goalkeeper sometimes, I know he&#8217;s an experienced goalkeeper, they get bored sometimes, even in a big game.<\/p>\n<p>You say to a goalkeeper sometimes &#8216;mind your business&#8217;, that almost had nothing to do with him. He went looking for trouble, a crazy decision for an experienced goalkeeper.<\/p>\n<p>If a young goalkeeper did that you&#8217;d go &#8216;okay a lack of experience, na\u00efve&#8217;, but to do that?<\/p>\n<p>Just slow it down.<\/p>\n<p>This was certainly a bizarre decision from a top class goalkeeper.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool will aim to bounce back from this defeat when they travel to take on Sunderland in this midweek, with three points in that fixture looking like a must if they hope to avoid being cut adrift in the Champions League race.<\/p>\n<p>SEE ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/football\/aviva-stadium-error-league-of-ireland-649284\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aviva Stadium Organisers Forced To Correct Bizarre Error Ahead Of League Of Ireland Clash<\/a><br \/>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester City kept the Premier League title race alive on Sunday evening, producing a late comeback to defeat&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287935,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,76279,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-287934","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-man-city","10":"tag-news","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\/287934","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=287934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}