Keane vows to carry on scoring

Republic of Ireland manager Brian Kerr said before his side’s 2-0 win over Faroe Islands it was inevitable Robbie Keane would become his country’s all-time leading goalscorer - and so it proved on a night the Tottenham striker will long remember.

The goal that finally set Keane out on his own, just as it did when he equalled Niall Quinn’s record, came from the penalty spot, but not too much notice will be made of that when the history books are analysed down the years.