Former Manchester United captain and legend Roy Keane has said that PSV Eindhoven defender Hector Moreno’s challenge on Manchester United defender Luke Shaw was a brilliant challenge.
During the Champions League group stage game, Luke Shaw suffered an unfortunate injury after he was challenged by Mexican international Hector Moreno while he was bursting forward with pace from the left flank. The 20-year-old suffered a double leg fracture and will be out for a long time and underwent a surgery also.
However, the legend of the Red Devils Roy Keane stated that it was a brilliant challenge from Moreno and it was just the physical aspect of the game which he loves.
He told ITV, “I thought it was a brilliant challenge. I love the physical side of the game. You can always tell by player reactions and none of the United lads at the time, and players are best judges because they are nearest the tackle, didn’t react over the top thinking it was a bad challenge.”
“It was more of an accident with his trailing foot.”
Manchester United went on to lose the game 2-1 and will be missing one of their key players for a long time. Louis van Gaal however, criticised the tackle from Moreno and also said that the Mexican international should have been sent off.
“He has a double leg fracture so he’s in a hospital,” said van Gaal after the game.
“He will be transferred tomorrow with us – or maybe a day later – and then operated on in Manchester.”
“When he was taken to the dressing-room he had an oxygen mask on. He was crying.”
“I’m not a doctor so I cannot say [how long Shaw will be out].”
“But when you have a double fracture it’s six months and he will not play in the group phase I think. I hope he can play again this season.”
“It’s awful for a boy who comes at 18 to Manchester, has a very difficult season, plays fantastic in his second season and then this happens.”
Asked for his reaction to the challenge on Shaw, van Gaal said: “You can judge for yourself.”
“When I say it’s a penalty and a red card, I’m a bad loser. But it was a very bad tackle, with two legs.”