By Jack Gaughan for the Daily Mail
Published: 21:26 BST, 24 April 2019 | Updated: 21:26 BST, 24 April 2019
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The quiet eviscerator, Roy Keane. He barely even moves in his chair, never changes the tone or volume of his voice. Just hard, blood-curdling facts.
As the camera panned to Sky’s five-strong panel last night, Keane sat motionless, leaning back in his seat, the pose he forever retains when on the box.
That presence makes him television’s finest pundit and the Manchester United legend came bounding in off a long run, sending a beamer hurtling towards Paul Pogba.
Roy Keane barely even moves in his chair, never changes the tone or volume of his voice
Keane’s jaw looked tensed after watching Pogba speak openly about United’s need to stand up and take responsibility. ‘Erm… I wouldn’t believe a word he says,’ he deadpanned.
‘There is no meaning behind it. He’s talking about being a good team-mate but you’ve got to run back. My eyes do not lie to me.’
And then the cheek: ‘I heard they were throwing their hair gel at each other after Everton, it got that heated!’
Everybody shush, Roy’s talking. We really do not see enough of him on our screens, but maybe that is Keane’s beauty. Less is more. Studs up - he doesn’t even look at the ball - and then disappears back to Nottingham Forest.
Keane dovetailed with Gary Neville effortlessly, the pair of them measured while hammering the fractured squad Ole Gunnar Solskjaer inherited before this painfully tense derby.