Roy Keane exasperated by Anthony Gordon behaviour – 'What's the point of apologising?'

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Anthony Gordon was shown a straight red card after a VAR review(Image: George Wood/Getty Images)

Anthony Gordon found himself in Roy Keane's firing line, as the Manchester United legend tore into his conduct and that of his Newcastle team-mates against Liverpool.

The Magpies suffered a 3-2 defeat to the reigning champions and had to battle through the entire second half with 10 men after Gordon's straight red card for his reckless late tackle on Virgil van Dijk.

Keane praised the physical nature of the match, but didn't hold back when criticising the theatrics displayed by the Newcastle squad, with Gordon singled out in particular.



I like that physical side of the game, and then anyone touches any of the Newcastle players, they were like rolling around, and [Anthony] Gordon's a prime example.

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"You look at Gordon and he falls over!

He's running around kicking everybody and then apologising afterwards, 'I didn't mean it.' Well, what were you, what were you doing?"

Keane went on to call out the 24-year-old's unnecessary challenge on Van Dijk, adding: "Of course, it was a bad one.

Bruno Guimaraes pulled one back and William Osula appeared to have salvaged a draw for Newcastle in the dying moments, but 16-year-old Rio Ngumoha emerged in the 10th minute of stoppage time to secure victory for the Reds.

The Newcastle star spent some time on the floor prior to his red card offence(Image: ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Initially, Gordon was cautioned for his reckless challenge on Van Dijk, but the video assistant referee summoned Simon Hooper to the monitor for a second look.

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