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    It\u2019s one of the most brutal tackles in football history \u2013 but Roy Keane doesn\u2019t think it was that bad. <\/p>\n

    The Manchester United hardman infamously floored Alf-Inge Haaland \u2013 father of Erling \u2013 in a Manchester derby in 2001 and even stood over the Norwegian, taunting his victim after being given his marching orders by the referee. But according to Keane, the challenge looked worse than it was, and he even blames Gary Neville for his red card.<\/p>\n

    During the latest edition of The Overlap, Keane was asked to justify the 13 red cards he received in his career. That one against Manchester City was the most memorable. However, had it not been for Neville\u2019s intervention straight after the tackle, the Irishman reckons he could have stayed on the pitch. <\/p>\n

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    \u201cYou didn\u2019t help either,\u201d says Keane. A mystified Neville replies: \u201cI didn\u2019t help with what?\u201d Keane then explains: \u201cRunning off to the linesman saying it\u2019s only a yellow. When you say that to the official they\u2019ll think \u2018it must be a red\u2019.<\/p>\n

    As the other panellists Ian Wright and Jill Scott chuckled away, a laughing Neville added: \u201cSo I\u2019m at fault for you being sent off?\u201d<\/p>\n

    Was Keane's tackle on Haaland the worst in Premier League history? Tell us in the comments section below<\/i> <\/b><\/p>\n

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    Keane then insists: \u201cI don\u2019t think that tackle was that bad, I really don\u2019t. I know it looks bad but when a player does a summersault\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

    When Neville points out that the challenge was \u201cknee-high\u201d, Keane continues: \u201cI was never going to injure him in that type of tackle. If you play the game, you know when a player is trying to injure a player. It\u2019s just when someone does a summersault, it kind of looks worse than it is.<\/p>\n

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    \u201cAnd it was a City game, it was a rubbish game. We were all frustrated, I think we\u2019d just been knocked out of Europe a couple days earlier.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Keane and Haaland had history after Keane suffered a knee injury during a match against Haaland\u2019s then-club, Leeds. The former Sunderland and Ipswich boss adds: \u201cI\u2019d done my cruciate up at Leeds. I tried to trip him [Haaland] and he was stood over me, it was a bad injury and he was saying some nasty things. And I just thought, \u2018we meet again\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n