It’s easy to play against Manchester United — Roy Keane

Manchester United’s loss against Tottenham Hotspur was tough pill for United legend, Roy Keane to swallow, in what the former Red Devils’ captain will term as disgusting.

The Red Devils fell to a 2-0 defeat in the team’s first venture away at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium this season, with goals coming via Pape Matar Sarr and Manchester United defender, Lisandro Martinez sealing Spurs’ victory with an own goal.

In his analysis of the game, Roy Keane left no player untouched by his criticism. The Manchester United legend went on to crown his old side as the new Tottenham Hotspur of the premier league for their performance against the North London side.

The Red Devils uncharacteristically fell off in the second half, leaving the Tottenham team to dominate the 20 times champions of the Premier League.

Roy Keane hammered his old side for not showing backbone against the Tottenham Hotspur side who came into the game very much the underdog team.

“I think Man United are the new Spurs. Desperate, absolutely desperate,” Keane told Sky Sports.

“The biggest insult I almost think of about teams – teams that can’t do it away from home, or players that aren’t up for it away from home. They’re a good team, they fancy it when their home fans are in front of them. They have that energy.

“United, it’s easy to play against United. I said before the game they were poor against Wolves but they got the result, and they’d be better today. But they weren’t.

“They were fine the first half hour. But the game’s well over 90 minutes. Obviously you’re not going to dominate for that long, but just show some belief, desire, fight.

“You look at our captain [Bruno Fernandes] tonight, our senior players. These are established international players. Easy to play against – that’s the biggest insult I can say to United players.”