Blues rocked as Keane roasting fires Red Devils

Man Utd 1 Chelsea 0

Keane’s now infamous attack on his under-performing team-mates during an interview on United’s own television channel sparked a week of soul-searching at Old Trafford, prompted talk of a club in crisis and placed the spotlight on the security of Alex Ferguson’s position as manager.

If Keane intended to put a rocket underneath some of his team-mates, it worked. United produced their best performance of the season to end Chelsea’s 40-game unbeaten run in the Premiership and mark Ferguson’s 19th anniversary as manager. Ironically, the winner came from the head of Darren Fletcher, one of Keane’s targets during his visit to the MUTV studio.