ROY KEANE appeared to take a cheeky dig at Sky Sports activities pal Jamie Carragher after Chelsea superior within the FA Cup.
The Blues thumped Aston Villa 3-1 at Villa Park to set-up a fifth spherical conflict at dwelling to Leeds United on February 28.
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Conor Gallagher bought under-pressure Mauricio Pochettino’s aspect off to a flying begin after simply 11 minutes after which Nicolas Jackson doubled the benefit shortly afterwards.
However the purpose of the sport got here moments into the second half when Enzo Fernandez scored an excellent free-kick previous his fellow Argentina World Cup winner Emiliano Martinez from 30 yards.
That sparked wild scenes as he and his Chelsea team-mates rushed to rejoice in entrance of the away supporters.
The 23-year-old copied Lionel Messi’s well-known celebration in 2017 after he had scored the five hundredth purpose of his Barcelona profession in a win over Actual Madrid.
Fernandez eliminated his shirt earlier than holding it as much as exhibit his identify and quantity to the gang, along with his colleagues then taking it and performing the identical trick.
Villa pulled a late purpose again however it was too little, too late, as Chelsea and Poch put the depressing 4-2 dwelling defeat to Wolves firmly behind them.
ITV had been masking the sport and had the often fiery Keane and ex-England Ladies’s star Karen Carney on punditry obligation for them.
And after watching the celebratory scenes once more, Carney tongue-in-cheekily mentioned in a blatant nod to Carragher: “Discuss over celebrating a bit.”
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Keane then shocked everybody by responding with: “Allow them to take pleasure in it.”
That got here after Martin Odegaard hit again at Sky Sports activities pundits for his or her criticism over Arsenal’s post-match scenes following their win over Liverpool.
Mikel Arteta revved up the Emirates crowd with Jurgen Klopp-esque fist pumps whereas Odegaard used a digital camera to take photos of membership photographer Stuart Macfarlane.
Liverpool legend Carragher then mentioned: “Simply get down the tunnel. You’ve received a recreation. It’s three factors.
“They’re again within the title race, get down the tunnel. I’m critical, truthfully.”
Carragher then grew to become embroiled in a confrontation with ex-Premier League star Jan Aage Fjortoft over Odegaard’s celebration.
Nonetheless after Keane, who has been famed for his indignant rants on TV through the years, caught up for the Blues, the membership’s supporters had been fast to indicate the ex-Manchester United captain some love.
“Roy I misjudged you,” responded one.
One other wrote: “Roy Keane what a man.”
Whereas a 3rd added: “Maybe I handled you too harshly Roy.”
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