Robbie at all-time low after early exit

Robbie Keane has admitted the European Championship was the lowest point of his Republic of Ireland career but denied more could have been done to prevent their early exit.

The post-mortem into Ireland’s pointless Euro 2012 campaign was under way yesterday, amid accusations Giovanni Trapattoni’s men embarrassed themselves on their return to the biggest stage.

Captain Keane, who had waited a decade for another crack at a major finals, did not shy away from the fact the last week-and-a-half had been as bad a spell as he had known during his 120-cap career.