McCoy recognises himself in driven Roy

Champion jockey Tony McCoy has said that watching Roy Keane in a recent television documentary was an unsettling experience, because it was like looking at himself in the mirror.

McCoy, who this year chalked up the 4,000th win of his incomparable career, describes the Roy Keane/Patrick Vieira documentary Best of Enemies as “the best show I’ve seen on TV”.

But the 39-year-old, who is renowned for his iron will to win, says Keane’s revelation that he was driven by fear of failure struck a “worrying” chord.