Roy Keane hails Ange for Celtic simplicity as he labels Man United 'the new Spurs' in scathing verdict

Roy Keane has not held back in his assessment of Manchester United, blasting them as 'the new Spurs' but did heap praise on Ange Postecoglou.

The Old Trafford hero was scathing in his verdict as Postecoglou marked his Tottenham home debut with a 2-0 win over Erik Ten Hag's men with Pape Sarr and Ben Davies on target amid a rapturous home crowd on the Aussie's North London bow. It means the 57-year-old is without defeat in his first two games in charge after a 2-2 draw with Brentford last week, but one concerned viewer was former Celtic man Keane who ripped into his old club.

The outspoken Irish pundit reckons there were too many passengers in red during the defeat, and called on the likes of Marcus Rashford and summer signing Mason Mount to step up. But, he did conceded that all credit had to go to Postecoglou for the way his side set up. He told Sky Sports: "I think Man United are the new Spurs. Desperate, absolutely desperate. The biggest insult I can always think about is teams or players that aren't up for it away from home. United go away today, second half weak and no leadership. They gave bad goals away.

"Spurs were lovely, all credit to Spurs. But it's easy to play against United. They were fine in the first half, but the game is over 90 minutes you have to show some belief, desire, fight. You're bringing on Martial, you might as well bring on Frank Stapleton and Norman Whiteside. Martial is not going to get you a goal or out of trouble. Rashford played up through the middle again, the usual stuff. He’s like a child up there.

“He’s obviously not happy playing up through the middle and his body language, his first few touches when he gets it suggest, ‘I don’t want to play up through the middle’. But you have to,