Roy Keane Manchester United Aston Villa Zion Suzuki contact sport comments, Digi Mart USA News: Roy Keane has said football is a contact sport in response to claims that Manchester United fouled Aston Villa goalkeeper Zion Suzuki before scoring a late equaliser. Suzuki flapped at a Bruno Fernandes corner kick that Patrick Dorgu headed home in the sixth minute of second-half added time to rescue a point at Old Trafford before the November international break.
However, both Matheus Cunha and Senne Lammens appeared to make contact with the Japan international, potentially impeding him. Unai Emery had seen enough after the goal and stormed down the tunnel.
Keane, speaking on Super Sunday, said he did not believe there could be grounds for complaint.
“I don’t think Suzuki gives himself the best chance of getting it. He’s underneath it; he should take a step back and attack it,” Keane said.
“And there are bodies in the way. Yeah, I suppose [Lammens turns his back], but lots is going on, and football is a contact sport.
I have no problem.”
Keane added that a goalkeeper in this situation should take command of the ball. “If he’s talking about being blocked and pushed, why doesn’t he do that to the opposition players?
He’s got to be aggressive and take command of it, and when the ball comes in, he’s on his heels,” he said. “Be physical with the players around him.”
Keane was also unimpressed with Michael Carrick and his tetchy post-match remarks. United’s head coach had a back-and-forth with Sky Sports reporter Patrick Davison during his post-match press conference, almost asking as many questions as he answered.
“It’s obviously difficult for the manager; he’s under pressure, no doubt,” Keane said. “He talks a lot but doesn’t say much; I don’t know if that’s a tactic; he’s like a politician.
He’s clearly under pressure and keeps saying, ‘We need to tighten up, and there are things we need to work on.’ They’d better get moving on that.”
Keane said the start was the worst in many years and that the statistics were not good. “And they keep giving up goals and chances.
The goals they’re giving up, what are we expecting to change over the next few weeks and months? What are they working on?
They need to do a lot better than that.”
