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So, if you’re ready to turn the fantasy Never one to shy away from speaking his mind, Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin expressed support Tuesday for the idea that players from schools Keane and Vieira were best of enemies and defined an eraWe and our partners use cookies on this site to improve our service, perform analytics, personalize advertising, measure advertising performance, and remember website preferences. 20:19. Dennis Bergkamp restored the hosts' lead and that was when the switch flicked in Sir Alex Ferguson's side. He started it and needs to shut his f****** mouth up.’ ‘I just felt they were bullying Gary,’ Keane later surmised in his book The Second Half. Speaking on Sky Sports' Monday Night Football ahead of another clash between both sides last year, Keane admitted that the games back in his day were always wars and that Vieira was indeed one of his toughest opponents. For as much as some players actively dislike others, no one can put forward a convincing case that it is more potent, more personal or more important than Keane v Vieira. Making it out like you're a nice guy. Only one point separated them in the final standings of 1998-99, and only a Ryan Giggs solo wonder goal settled a titanic FA Cup semi-final replay at Villa Park that April. 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Every sport’s got one. In football, for a time, there was nothing quite as intense as Roy Keane and Patrick Vieira. It was a hatred and a rivalry the two leaders came to relish. Dennis Bergkamp restored the hosts’ lead and that was when the switch flicked in Sir Alex Ferguson’s side. ""I always thought that when I was going to play football that I was going to war. There has not been a player rivalry since in the Premier League that bettered Keane and VieiraA brace from Cristiano Ronaldo and a late goal from John O’Shea sealed a famous win over the enemy for Keane and Co. The clock is ticking! In the 2013 documentary, 'Keane and Vieira: Best of Enemies', Keane described his relationship with Arsenal, simply, as hatred. Those were the fine margins between United’s Treble, and a trophyless campaign for Arsenal.Locked at 1-1 in the final five minutes of an early-season clash at Highbury, Vieira and Keane tussled for a loose ball and both left one in on the other – with interest. My favorite enemy, I loved every aspect of his game. In the 2013 documentary, ‘Keane and Vieira: Best of Enemies’, Keane described his relationship with Arsenal simply as hate.
But it was a bit like the build-up to a boxing match - the weigh-in, the press conferences - when people forget that there'll actually be a fight.