Keane Bows To Man United's Class
Sunderland manager Roy Keane was disappointed with another defeat,
but admitted that there was little his side could have done in the
face of Manchester United's show of class.
"It is never nice to lose," he told BBC Sport after being handed
four of the best by his former team.
"We are disappointed but United's class told in the end.
"Credit to United but we gave soft goals away - especially the
first two.
"Their third goal was class but we were a bit unlucky with the
penalty [that led to the fourth]. Of course, I am a bit
disappointed with the defending.
"The good players will always take advantage of your mistakes and
United did that today."
Asked what he said at half time, when his team were trailing 3-0,
he admitted that the game was pretty much lost by then, and that it
was more about picking up some positives.
"Of course, it was going to be very hard to come back and win 4-3,
but you hope that the players keep it together and keep going, and
the fans played a huge part in that," he added.
"I give my players credit for that. They kept going and at least
made their keeper make one or two saves in the second half."
