Roy Keane has been criticised on social media after speaking about one England player’s performance against Croatia.
On Thursday night, England hosted Croatia at Wembley as the Nations League fixtures continued, with Thomas Tuchel’s men looking to stay within touching distance of Spain, who currently sit top of the group.
During what was a tight affair, goals from Morgan Rogers and Harry Kane earned England a 2-1 win; Petar Sucic was the scorer for Slaven Bilic’s men.
As a result, England know that if they manage to beat Spain in Madrid on Sunday night, they will top their Nations League group.
Roy Keane Criticises England Star for Croatia Goal
Speaking after the match, Manchester United legend Keane was far from impressed with England’s defending for Croatia’s equaliser, which was scored by Sucic after a mistake by Jarell Quansah.
However, Keane opted to criticise Trent Alexander-Arnold, stating he will ‘never learn’ the art of anticipating danger while defending.
Keane explained on ITV Sport: “You have to look at Trent in these positions. I know Quansah has panicked. But Trent – you talk about smelling danger and people peeling off the back of him. They’re the bits he’s got to improve on.
“He’s walking away from the danger. At his age, it’s like he’ll never learn that side of it. I’d love to know what he’s thinking. I don’t understand.
“It was a tricky game for England because they hammered Croatia recently.
“Croatia were much better, as you’d expect. England had a new centre-half partnership and there was a little bit of panic in the second half with some of their defending. But they got the job done.”
Taking to social media, some fans felt Keane was being too harsh on the Real Madrid star. One said: “How on earth has Roy Keane managed to find blame with Trent Alexander-Arnold for that Croatia goal?”
Another tweeted: “Sorry, Roy Keane and Ian Wright are a disgrace. Blaming Trent for that? For Trent, he knows the attacker is offside. All the defenders moved forward. No one thinks the defender is gonna head it right to the attacker. Blame him, not Trent.”
A third fan added: “This punditry from Roy Keane is woeful. How on earth has he spent more time ranting about Trent than Quansah for that Croatia goal.”
Someone else wrote: “What? The goal that Croatia scored wasn’t Trent’s fault. It was Jarell Quansah heading it back towards goal and not clearing it! @itvfootball, Roy Keane & Ian Wright are crazy!!”
A fifth commented: “Quansah with an absolute howler for Croatia’s goal but Roy Keane going mad at Trent Alexander-Arnold.”
Thomas Tuchel on England Win vs Croatia
Reacting to the win, Tuchel admitted that his team got a little bit ‘sloppy’ towards the end of the first half.
He said: “It was a good win. We wanted the win desperately and deserved it. It was hard work against a good opponent; we took a while to grow into the game, but after 15 minutes we did okay and got the goal and got better.
“We got a little sloppy at the end of the first half, didn’t get the second goal and then conceded from a set piece. They showed a good reaction.
“We forgot then to score the third one. Then it became tight and difficult but we got the job done on a special occasion for Harry. A perfect evening.”
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