Roy Keane disagrees with Jamie Carragher on Tottenham vs Chelsea amid ‘quality’ claim
Despite Chelsea’s 4-1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur on Monday night in a Premier League match that featured a lot of VAR, the former Manchester United midfielder called them “average.”
Roy Keane conceded that he didn’t appreciate Chelsea’s 4-1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur on Monday night, stating that the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium did not feature many high-caliber players.
Early on, Ange Postecoglou’s team seized the lead thanks to a deflected goal from Dejan Kulusevski. However, Destiny Udogie’s two-footed push on Raheem Sterling earned him a yellow card, which set off a series of events that VAR had to deal with.
After John Brooks sent Cristian Romero to the monitor, Michael Oliver immediately gave him a straight red card. Cole Palmer was able to score his third Premier League goal of the year with the ensuing penalty. The nine-man Spurs were unable to hold off Chelsea’s constant threat in the lead as Nicolas Jackson scored a hat-trick to give manager Mauricio Pochettino a much-needed victory on his first visit back to his old stomping ground. Udogie was sent off early in the second half for a late challenge, again on Sterling.
It was described as “box office” by Sky Sports analyst Jamie Carragher and as “carnage and chaos” by commentator Peter Drury. But Keane, the former midfielder for Manchester United, had a different viewpoint.
During his appearance on the Stick to Football podcast, Keane criticized the choices made by a few Spurs players and called Chelsea’s play “average.”
“I didn’t really enjoy Chelsea vs. Tottenham.” I felt that the game’s quality wasn’t that fantastic, there were a few sending offs, and there was too much going on. Chelsea were mediocre, but Spurs were up against it and received a few cheers.
Even though there are many talking points, there are moments when you just want to sit down and enjoy a high-caliber game. When there are a few sending offs, it ruins the game. The Spurs players were ultimately making some weird decisions because there were far too many stoppages. In general, it’s good to have some talking points, but there was also too much insanity.
“They played well for the opening fifteen minutes, but even after that, Chelsea disappointed me. Though it appears like an easy scoreline and they scored late, Spurs had a chance until the final few minutes.