Roy Keane and Ian Wright clashed on Wednesday night after the former Man United star criticized the Arsenal legend’s behavior during the Gunners’ 2-0 win.
The couple was part of Continuous surveillance of the Overlap, where they were joined by Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville to cover the clash at the Emirates along with Liverpool’s match against Newcastle.
It was always likely to be a contentious issue given that Keane and Neville are legends at United, while Wright has a similar status among Gunners fans.
The match was billed as the first big test of the Ruben Amorim era, but the Red Devils were defeated thanks to second-half goals from Jurrien Timber and William Saliba.
With this result, Mikel Arteta’s team closed the gap with Liverpool at the top of the table to seven points, while United fell to 11th place.
As the remark turned into an argument during the game, Keane was left fuming before Wright and Carragher mocked him.
Ian Wright and Roy Keane clash while watching The Overlap of Arsenal vs Man United
Keane was left furious at United’s performance before Wright decided to mock him.
United were beaten and Keane said their performance was “shit” and “bloody rubbish”.
“Honestly, that’s bullshit,” Keane said, speaking in The overlapbrought to you by sky bet. “If Fulham or Wolves played like that we would be criticizing them.” Damn rubbish.’
Carragher then replied: “Fulham are above them”, before Keane responded and said: “You know what I mean, if they were giving the ball away for that cheap we’d be saying they’re average.”
Neville weighed in on the disappointment from United’s perspective, adding: “This is getting complicated.” “United is already dead, it’s gone.”
Wright joked: “We’ve been very patient with a mid-table team that came in and frustrated us.”
Keane became irritated by the former Arsenal striker’s comment and responded: ‘Can I ask you how old you are?
‘You are a grandfather. Sitting there saying “you’re a mid-table team.” Show some class.’
“I’m a fan,” Wright said in response. ‘It has nothing to do with class. Was Jamie showing class? (during the Liverpool game).’
“Of course not,” Keane replied before Wright looked at the others and said: “You know what it is, you can only go so far with the United boys.”
United return to action on Saturday night when they host Nottingham Forest, while Arsenal travel to 12th-placed Fulham on Sunday.
Keane, Carragher, Wright and Neville were talking The overlapbrought to you by sky bet.
