Premier League: Roy Keane attacks Anthony Martial: “He scores a goal every 14 years”

Discreet, Anthony Martial has only scored one goal in 12 games played this season with Manchester United. And this weekend, during the defeat against Newcastle (1-0), the French international was taken aback by his coach Erik Ten Hag in the middle of a match. The latter did not appreciate the lack of pressure from the attacker and replaced him on the hour mark. Angry, Martial did not fail to respond to him. Even if Ten Hag calmed things down at the end of the meeting. “It was not against Anthony Martial but against the team.”

But this time, the former Monaco striker received a tackle from a Red Devils icon, Roy Keane. The former Irishman, speaking to Sky Sports for whom he is a consultant, castigated Anthony Martial. Unceremoniously. “We forgive Martial for the fact that he scores a goal every 14 years. But let me tell you when, at Newcastle, under pressure, you are given the ball, you better grab that ball and get us up the pitch and give us some breathing room. We give him balloons and he stupidly gives them back.” Before concluding: “Manchester United tried to get rid of him a few years ago,” continued the Irishman, who wore the club’s jersey between 1993 and 2005. “We judge Manchester United on what the club does in big matches. If you can't get up to speed, maybe you're not the right player for this club."

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