Manchester United great Roy Keane slammed for 'pathetic' Harry Maguire criticism

The host of radio station talkSPORT - Adrian Durham - has slammed former Manchester United captain Roy Keane for his continued criticism of Harry Maguire, insisting he is doing it as he is "too scared" to criticise Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Keane has been guilty of regularly criticising the United defender in recent weeks, especially after the latter celebrated his goal for England in Friday night's 5-0 win over Albania in a potentially controversial manner.

Maguire, after netting the game's opening goal, cupped his ears and then put his fingers in them to block out the recent criticism that has been sent his way.

In some aspects, the criticism has been justified, with the United skipper's performances having fallen off a cliff in recent weeks. He was guilty of playing key parts in the defeats to both Liverpool and Manchester City, not to mention the defending for Atalanta's second goal in the recent 2-2 draw between the two sides in Italy.

Nevertheless, talkSPORT host Durham has laid into Keane for his ongoing criticism of Maguire, calling for him to "focus on other things" instead.

"He [Maguire] isn’t the problem," Durham told talkSPORT. "Roy Keane, why do you think he is going on about Maguire?

"Because he is too scared to call out his mate Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. It’s pathetic. Roy Keane, what he is doing, is not constructive, it’s not technical, it’s not even football.

"It is ridiculous what he is doing. I don’t think it is helpful or constructive to an individual like Harry Maguire, who has got a lot to deal with.

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"He has a lot to deal with as Manchester United captain, so calling him out for celebrating a goal…there’s lots of things you can criticise him for.

"His Manchester United performances – I get it! Lots of other Manchester United players aren’t playing well for United.

"Don’t criticise them for scoring a goal and celebrating, it is pathetic, it really is It’s embarrassing really.

"This is Roy Keane, by the way, who abandoned his teammates at a World Cup and what did they do? They celebrated after he had gone.

"So listen, he needs to just focus on other things."

Keane described Maguire's celebration against Albania as "embarrassing" as he reviewed his goal at half time during ITV's coverage of England's penultimate World Cup qualifier.

Keane said: "When a player scores, puts his hands to his ears he's like shutting the critics up, I think that's embarrassing, he's been a disgrace to Man United.

"He thinks he scores there, he's shut his critics up, embarrassing."

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