Keane fed up with excuses

Roy Keane is becoming sick and tired of trotting out the same old hard luck story following Sunderland matches.

He was once again in that position after last night’s 1-0 defeat to Blackburn at Ewood Park where a 57th-minute Benni McCarthy penalty dumped the Black Cats back into the Premier League relegation zone, just six minutes after Dean Whitehead was denied from the spot by Brad Friedel as the American saved his second penalty in the space of four days.