{"id":234631,"date":"2023-09-04T00:04:25","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T00:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=234631"},"modified":"2023-09-04T00:04:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T00:04:25","slug":"roy-keane-was-headbutted-by-a-fan-at-the-emirates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/lifestyle\/roy-keane-was-headbutted-by-a-fan-at-the-emirates\/","title":{"rendered":"Roy Keane was HEADBUTTED by a fan at the Emirates"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Roy Keane was HEADBUTTED by a fan at the Emirates during Arsenal&#8217;s 3-1 win over Man United, as footage of fellow Sky Sports pundit Micah Richards restraining the man is posted online<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Micah Richards allegedly clashed with an Arsenal supporter at the Emirates<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Sky Sports pundit was defending Roy Keane after he had been attacked<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Keane was allegedly headbutted by the fan after Man United were beaten 3-1<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Roy Keane was allegedly assaulted by a fan inside the Emirates Stadium on Sunday as he made his way to do his post-match duties for Sky Sports.<\/p>\n<p>Mail Sport understands the 52-year-old former Manchester United captain was confronted by a man at the top of the West Stand as he was waiting for a lift to take him down to the pitchside area.<\/p>\n<p>The man allegedly aimed a headbutt at Keane and hit the Irishman on the chest and chin, but was prevented from inflicting serious physical damage.<\/p>\n<p>Footage circulating on social media last night showed Keane&#8217;s Sky Sports colleague Micah Richards grappling with the man to restrain him, but the supporter had left the vicinity before security guards arrived.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened shortly after Alejandro Garnacho had looked to have won the contest for United in the 88th minute.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/03\/22\/75019095-12476485-image-a-92_1693774809311.jpg\" height=\"337\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Roy Keane was allegedly assaulted by a fan inside The Emirates Stadium on Sunday afternoon<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/03\/22\/75019089-12476485-Footage_circulating_on_social_media_shows_Keane_s_colleague_Mica-a-104_1693775102525.jpg\" height=\"484\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Footage circulating on social media shows Keane&#8217;s colleague Micah Richards (middle with bag on) grappling with a man who allegedly tried to headbutt the Irishman (far right)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/03\/22\/75019105-12476485-image-a-105_1693775259543.jpg\" height=\"338\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Keane (second from right) and Richards (far left) carried on with their post-match punditry duties after the incident<\/p>\n<p>Keane and Richards, who were working with former Arsenal player Theo Walcott, had raced back to the studio to see what had happened, with Garnacho&#8217;s goal eventually being ruled out after a VAR check.<\/p>\n<p>Keane, who had a tempestuous relationship with Arsenal during his playing career, was eventually escorted down to the pitchside area where he continued broadcasting.<\/p>\n<p>A Sky statement sent to Mail Sport after the match revealed that the police are now investigating the alleged assault that saw Richards attempt to defuse the situation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We understand the police are investigating an alleged assault by a member of the public immediately preceding the footage circulating on social media.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;In the footage seen, Micah Richards was acting to defuse a situation.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sunday&#8217;s match reached boiling point before the full-time whistle, with the Emirates a cauldron of noise after an eventful 113 minutes of action.<\/p>\n<p>Marcus Rashford opened the scoring for United as they went ahead against the run of play by scoring on the counter-attack against a perilous Arsenal side.<\/p>\n<p>Their joy was short-lived as Arsenal replied with an equaliser just 35 seconds later and finally the rivalry between two great rivals was reignited.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/03\/22\/75020365-12476485-image-a-117_1693778364073.jpg\" height=\"558\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Keane was working as a pundit for Sky Sports alongside ex-Arsenal player Theo Walcott (left)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/03\/22\/75020355-12476485-image-a-118_1693778370657.jpg\" height=\"411\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Keane (left) shared a tense relationship with former Gunners captain Patrick Vieira (right) during their playing days<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/03\/23\/75020447-12476485-image-a-122_1693778739290.jpg\" height=\"487\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Emirates was a cauldron of noise on Sunday after Declan Rice scored late-on<\/p>\n<p>\u00a3105m summer arrival Declan Rice snatched a winner in the 96th minute to send the home crowd into raptures, before Gabriel Jesus added a third as United searched for a last-gasp equaliser.<\/p>\n<p>Keane and Arsenal have shared a fraught relationship over the years, with the 52-year-old&#8217;s feud with former Gunners captain Patrick Vieira the main focus of a tense relationship between the north and the south.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal versus Manchester United remains one of the Premier League&#8217;s most infamous rivalries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Between 1996 and 2004 the famous duo shared the English top-flight title as they dominated the rest of the division.<\/p>\n<p>Keane was usually at the heart of the drama as he led the Red Devils out at Arsenal&#8217;s old stomping ground, Highbury, and even pre-match on Sunday described players as going out to &#8216;battle&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The defining individual clash between two titans in this fixture is shared by Keane and Vieira and it all dates back to the Frenchman&#8217;s arrival on England&#8217;s shores 27 years ago after he joined from AC Milan.<\/p>\n<p>Both in their prime, both captaining their teams and neither pulling punches even before they stepped out onto the pitch. They set the tone that their teams would then follow.<\/p>\n<h3>KEANE v VIEIRA TUNNELGATE<\/h3>\n<p>United travelled to Arsenal on a cold February evening in 2005, but things had reached boiling point in the tunnel.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal captain Patrick Vieira warned Gary Neville in the tunnel that he was in for trouble and Keane defended his player to the hilt.<\/p>\n<p>A flurry of swear words between the two sets of players continued before Keane reached the front of the line of players and shouted at Vieira: &#8216;See you out there. Shouting your mouth of every week. Pretending you&#8217;re a nice guy&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>United would go on to win the match 4-2.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/03\/23\/75020361-12476485-Keane_right_points_towards_Vieira_out_of_picture_-a-121_1693778625167.jpg\" height=\"441\" width=\"586\"><\/p>\n<p>Keane (right) points towards Vieira (out of picture)<\/p>\n<p>To this day they still share the most famous tunnel moment in English football history as Keane backed up a young Gary Neville and blasted Vieira for picking on the United full-back.<\/p>\n<p>United would go on to win the affair 4-2 as referee Graham Poll attempted to keep Keane and Vieira away from one another inside the cramped pre-match space.<\/p>\n<p>There were numerous other incidents with Keane retaining his status as one of football&#8217;s &#8216;hard-men&#8217; to this day after overseeing a no-nonsense approach during his time as Man United captain.<\/p>\n<p>The pair eventually reconciled once both had called time on their playing careers and have since worked together in punditry, but the rivalry between two of England&#8217;s biggest clubs remains.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12476485\/Roy-Keane-HEADBUTTED-fan-Emirates-Arsenal-micah-richards.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roy Keane was HEADBUTTED by a fan at the Emirates during Arsenal&#8217;s 3-1 win over Man United, as footage of fellow Sky Sports pundit Micah Richards restraining the man is&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234630,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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