- Dan Burn equalised against Newcastle before Alexander Isak’s winner
- Roy Keane believes the defender could have done better to prevent the own goal
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Former Manchester United midfielder Roy Keane has branded Dan Burn’s own goal against Tottenham “comical”.
Newcastle continued their bright start to the season with a 2-1 win over Ange Postecoglou’s men at St James’ Park.
However, Burn suffered some bad luck as he found the roof of his own net in the 56th minute after Harvey Barnes had opened the scoring.
Fortunately for the defender, Alexander Isak scored the winning goal 12 minutes from the end of the match, thus saving himself from embarrassment.
However, Keane criticised Burn, telling Sky Sports: “It was almost comical, really. He had time to clear the ball.”
Fans also took to social media to criticise the own goal, with one saying: “One of the messiest goals I’ve ever seen, fair play.”
A second comment: “The problem with men’s football is that it’s hard to take a defence and goalkeeper like this seriously, isn’t it? Dan Burn finished it off with a bang.”
“It’s absolutely pathetic. You expect that kind of defending and clearing in a Sunday league,” said another.
Meanwhile, other fans were quick to praise Burn’s overall performance against Spurs.
“I thought Dan Burn was exceptional today, apart from the own goal obviously, but against a really fast Spurs forward line he did a great job,” posted a fourth on X.
Victory against Postecoglou’s men secured Newcastle a seventh point from a possible nine before the next international break.