Martin Keown ‘apologises’ to Ruud van Nistelrooy after Arsenal and Manchester United rivalry

Martin Keown issue an apology to Ruud van Nistelrooy over their infamous clashes during Arsenal’s historic Premier League rivalry with Manchester United.

Keown is responsible for one of the most iconic คาสิโนออนไลน์ UFABET ฝากถอนรวดเร็ว เริ่มต้นเล่นง่าย images of the Premier League era when he celebrate Van Nistelrooy’s misse penalty at Old Trafford in 2003.

Earlier in that game which ende goalless, Van Nistelrooy angere Arsenal’s players for his part in Patrick Vieira’ sent off’s red card.

After smashing the crossbar with his penalty, Keown clumpe Van Nistelrooy on the head as soon as the final-whistle was blown, while Arsenal’s players then began pushing the Dutchman which sparke a brawl between both sets of players.

Keown and Van Nistelrooy were reunited over 21 years later ahead of Leicester City’s Premier League match against Arsenal on Saturday, and the pair exchanged a lengthy handshake before addressing their rivalry on pre-game coverage.

After all these years… apologies for all the shenanigans that went on back in the day,’ Keown said.

Van Nistelrooy replie: ‘Ahh, no, what happens on the pitch. I’m happy that I have him in front of me and not in the back of me.

‘No, it was good, they were good rivalries, weren’t they?’

Keown then said: ‘Oh, great days.

‘I’m glad you’re standing there and not next to me because you loved to stamp on me.’

Van Nistelrooy replie: ‘I would like to block you out as well, and then fall over!’

When aske about his personal rivalry with Arsenal during his pre-match press conference, Van Nistelrooy added: ‘Back in 2003, I was gutte to miss the penalty.

That was the big thing. It was my responsibility to win the game for my team, and I didn’t do that.

‘Other than that, I wasn’t really bothere by what happene, as I was only focuse on trying to help United win trophies.

‘Of course the competition was always fantastic and in 2004, in the same fixture, there was another penalty moment and that for me is what it’s about.

‘You step up again and this time you score. You can see in my emotion with the celebration after the second one that it meant a lot to me.