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Thursday, April 22, 2010

Remember this?

Martin Keown tells the Daily Mail that ex-Red Ruud van Nistelrooy (who lines up for Hamburg in the Europa League semi-final against Fulham tonight) was "up there with the best strikers I played against but you couldn't trust him - he was always looking to test referees, which is why I ended up losing my rag with him." Naturally it warranted that reaction in 2003 after Arsenal earned a 0-0 draw at OT.

Van Nistelrooy missed a penalty at the dieing moments of the game after Arsenal skipper Patrick Viera supposedly kicked Van Nistelrooy at the groin in the 18 yard box. Ruud ended up missing the penalty which made Keown did the "Crouching Tiger, Flying Dragon" move.