There was no premeditation. Keane, who was sent off for the challenge, connected with Haaland's right leg, though it is the Norwegian's injured left knee which has ultimately forced him out of the game. But I had no wish to injure him. He was going to sue me. It’s astonishing to think that a seemingly innocuous incident that occurred in 1997 was still so oft-quoted and referenced almost twenty years afterward. Chelsea striker Pierluigi Casiraghi suffers knee ligament damage against West Ham, Pierluigi Casiraghi was a big name signing for Chelsea in 1998, but his career soon ended, Casiraghi's career was ended following a horror collision with Shaka Hislop, then of West Ham. For a long time, he was going to sue Keane – with Manchester City backing the case. Users are reminded that they are fully responsible for their own created content and their own posts, comments and submissions and fully and effectively warrant and indemnify Journal Media in relation to such content and their ability to make such content, posts, comments and submissions available. The Irishman implied last year in his autobiography that his foul had been premeditated. I f****** hit him hard. Daft.ie, 'He was an absolute pr**k': how an incident 20 years ago caused so much rage and recrimination Comments, Create an email alert based on the current article, Create your own sports news feed by selecting what interests you most, Choose 3 or more sports that you want to see. The fact is it was my last full game in England. var imgN='"); No. After our conversation, something peculiar struck me. I know that if someone had done that to a United player, I’d have been right in there. ",