Roy Keane (Pundit)
November 2025

Keane dismissed Liverpool’s title credentials following a 3–0 defeat at Manchester City, citing five league losses and seven defeats in ten across competitions. He criticised decision-making, intensity and bench impact, contrasting City’s physicality and control with Liverpool’s softness and fading away-form. City exploited transition and one-v-one creation—Haaland’s movements, Doku’s isolation, Gonzalez’s timing—while Liverpool’s press triggers misfired. Keane argued second-half “improvement” was game-state noise. With Arsenal drawing at Sunderland, he framed City as primary chasers and Liverpool as slipping from realistic contention.