#1 Roy Keane on Alf-Inge Haaland
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Roy Keane served his vengeance the recommended way – cold when he took down Alf-Inge Haaland during the Manchester derby in 2001. It had all started four years earlier when Haaland, playing for Leeds at the time, stood over an injured Keane telling him not to playact after he attempted to foul the Norwegian. The midfielder did not take kindly to his behaviour as the injury would eventually take him out for the rest of the season.
Cut to April 2001 and Keane delivered his own brand of justice when he aimed a powerful kick at Haaland which saw him writhing on the ground in pain as he screamed abuses at the City player. Keane was sent off immediately earning himself a three-match suspension and a £5,000 fine but that wasn’t meant to be the end.
In his autobiography which came out in 2002, Keane revealed,“I'd waited long enough. I f****** hit him hard. The ball was there (I think). Take that you c***. And don't ever stand over me sneering about fake injuries.”
His account of the premeditated attack forced the FA’s hand who slapped him with a £150,000 fine and a five-match ban. In a second autobiography which came out 12 years later, he added, “There are things I regret in my life and he's not one of them”, referring to his foul on the man he virtually retired.
