Roy Keane can't resist two-word jibe at Sir Alex Ferguson as Man United great reignites old feud
Roy Keane couldn't resist a cheeky jibe at his old manager Sir Alex Ferguson while discussing Manchester United's famous Champions League comeback victory against Bayern Munich in 1999.
United clinched arguably the club's most famous win, and one of football's greatest ever comebacks, against the German giants in Barcelona. United fell behind when Mario Basler opened the scoring after just six minutes at the iconic Camp Nou.
Just when it looked like the marquee trophy would be heading to Germany, Teddy Sheringham struck one minute into added-time to restore parity. Then, two minutes later, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer also netted to complete the most unlikely of turnarounds - and the legend lives on.
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Keane, along with Paul Scholes, missed that game due to suspension, but speaking about the comeback and triumph on the latest episode of The Overlap on Tour, the former Republic of Ireland international praised the character shown by side, as well aiming a cheeky dig at his former manager.
"It was a really good dressing room, good players and a half-decent manager," the former midfielder remarked laughing, so too were Gary Neville, Jamie Carragher and Ian Wright.
"We had a really good dressing room. A bit of fight, a bit of quality and we kept going until the end which we did do."
Keane and Ferguson brought untold success to Old Trafford - winning seven Premier League titles, four FA Cups and a Champions League between 1993 and 2005. However, the now 53-year-old endured a strained relationship with the Scot towards the end of his time at the club.
The former Sunderland and Ipswich Town manager eventually walked out of Old Trafford back in November 2005 after appearing in that infamous interview on MUTV - where he criticised his teammates following a 4-1 defeat by Middlesbrough. He went on to play for Celtic before retiring from football.