Cut out sloppy goals, Keane threatens team-mates

MANCHESTER UNITED skipper Roy Keane has warned his team-mates they must stop conceding sloppy goals if they are to stand any chance of turning their season around.

While most Red Devils supporters left Lyon on a high on Wednesday night after Ruud van Nistelrooy’s second-half double salvaged a point from a game where defeat seemed inevitable, the coaching staff and the players are adopting a more pragmatic view.

In exonerating Van Nistelrooy, Cristiano Ronaldo and Gabriel Heinze from criticism, Ferguson has vowed not to ignore the frailties that were badly exposed by the three-time French champions, while Keane has admitted there will be tough times ahead unless the crass mistakes can be erased.