Every word of Roy Keane and Micah Richards' heated debate over Man United's approach after 6-3 loss to Man City

03.10.2022 - 19:13 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Manchester City's thumping victory over bitter rivals Manchester United had it all.

There were nine goals, including two hat-tricks and a myriad of talking points to emerge from what was a red-hot 188th Manchester derby.

Following the game the fall-out continued in the Sky Sports studio with former United man Roy Keane engaging in a heated post-match discussion with ex- City star Micah Richards. The pair were discussing United's approach and decision to not employ Cristiano Ronaldo at all during the game, despite him being the club's top scorer last season.

Here is the full transcript of the on-air clash between the duo, with studio host Kelly Cates trying to act as referee.

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Micah Richards : "Does his (Erik ten Hag's) style of play suit how they want to go?"

Roy Keane : "Oh, ah here we go. Here we go, here we go."

MR : "No, you come to the Etihad and you know Man City are going to have the majority of the ball."

RK : "They got hammered anyway! We're talking about pressing? It's the new buzz word in football, pressing. I don’t care about pressing if he’s getting me 20, 25 goals last season for Man United. I don’t think he was doing too much pressing then. Man United have lost three times already this season."

Kelly Cates : "The rest of the teams numbers were down though, overall. Which maybe speaks to Micah’s point that Ronaldo’s numbers were great but the rest of the team perhaps you could argue, would suffer."

RK : "Well that’s their fault. Well that’s their fault, not Ronaldo’s. I never had a problem playing with a striker who scored 20, 25 goals - ever. I don’t care if they never got back or they never got hold of it. We just got to