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Tall Guy
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    Yes, Leeds Utd and Man City and he was involved in two famous incidents involving Roy Keane of Man Ure.
    Haaland injured Keane in the first incident, but stood over Keane shouting and accusing him of feigning injury.
    Keane recovered and much later, exacted revenge by targeting his knee, in a deliberate challenge which led to Keane standing over Haaland shouting whatever, before being sent off for the deliberate challenge. All very unsavoury.

    That’s mostly but not entirely true, as you can establish by watching the first incident on YouTube.

    In the first incident Haaland ran past Keane from behind him, and whether by accident or design, Keane clipped Haaland’s ankle, bringing him down and injuring himself. Haaland remonstrated briefly with Keane for what Haaland felt was a dangerous tackle on him, not realising how badly Keane was injured. Leeds keeper Nigel Martin ushered Alfie away. No blame whatsoever on Alfie’s part.

    Keene’s misplaced and appalling revenge should have resulted in a lifetime ban, if not a criminal charge. It wasn’t a footballing incident, it was premeditated actual bodily harm. He’s another tosser who shouldn’t get a penny of income from TV punditry. (See also Jamie Carragher.)