Keane: no goals, no excuses

ROY KEANE has delivered a typically blunt assessment of another failed Manchester United Champions League campaign.

The Red Devils skipper could not have worked harder to inspire his team to victory over AC Milan. But after a pair of Hernan Crespo match-winners shepherded United out of the competition at the first knock-out stage for the second season running, Keane, who may now never have the chance to grace a European Cup final, was left nursing a deep sense of underachievement.

"The last 16 is no good to anybody is it?," he said.