Man Utd legend Keane raps Wenger over Arsenal targeted claims

Manchester United legend Roy Keane has slammed Arsene Wenger for claiming his Arsenal players are being kicked out of the game.

Wenger went on the warpath last weekend after teenage midfielder Aaron Ramsey suffered a double break to his leg in a challenge that saw Stoke defender Ryan Shawcross dismissed at the Britannia Stadium.

But Ipswich boss Keane, who was Manchester United skipper when Shawcross was a promising youngster at the club, insisted: "The tackle was unlucky, mistimed, simple as that.

"Ryan is a really nice lad and you could see he was genuinely upset. He didn’t mean it.

"If anyone thinks they are out to break players’ legs at Arsenal it is a crazy notion.

"I can understand Arsene Wenger’s frustration but we can’t take away the physical side of the game."

He added: "If you ask me to go back over the Arsenal teams of the last 10 to 15 years I can remember playing against people like Martin Keown and Patrick Vieira.

"If I remember rightly they both liked a tackle. Ian Wright, he’s another who also liked a tackle, and he was a striker.

"At United we had Paul McGrath, Kevin Moran and Bryan Robson. They all liked a tackle."