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Man Utd great Keane slams Sterling, Grealish: You can't leave it to Saka

Roy Keane criticised England's older players for allowing Bukayo Saka to take a penalty in the Euro 2020 final shootout loss to Italy.

The 19-year-old stepped up to take England's fifth penalty, but was denied by Gianluigi Donnarumma which handed Italy the victory.

"If you're [Jack] Grealish or [Raheem] Sterling, you can't have a young kid step up in front of you," the former Republic of Ireland and Manchester United midfielder told ITV.

"You can't sit there and say "I see a 19 year old kid walk in front of me, when I've played a lot more games, a lot more experience..." and Sterling's who has won trophies.

"I'm not saying he wasn't prepared he might have been six or seven, you can't sit there, it must be hard to take. You've got to get in front of this kid and say 'listen I'm gonna step up in front of you'."

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