Roy Keane points out ‘only problem’ in Kobbie Mainoo’s game

Kobbie Mainoo still has to convince Manchester United legend Roy Keane (Picture: Getty Images)

Roy Keane still has a doubt over Kobbie Mainoo at Manchester United, although admits he now only has one issue with the midfielder.

The 21-year-old was the hero at Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon as he netted the winner in a 3-2 victory over Liverpool.

It was a rollercoaster game, with the Red Devils comfortable at 2-0 ahead at half-time, before falling apart and quickly finding themselves level before the hour-mark.

The game could have gone either way and it fell to Mainoo to win it, firing in the winner on 77 minutes from the edge of the box.

The England international does not score many, with that being his first of the season and his first in the Premier League since May 2024.

Ahead of the game on Sunday, Keane said he is waiting to be fully convinced by Mainoo, telling Sky Sports: ‘I’m still not convinced with him. I think he’s a really good young player, he’s still a kid, he’s only played 70-odd first team games.

‘He’s obviously been involved in the England squad, but he still hasn’t convinced me. I hope he does next year.

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‘I can be a harsh critic of midfield players, I was very critical of myself. I still think the kid has to do a lot more.

‘Has he got a chance? Of course he’s got a chance. He’s still learning.’

Following his performance against the Reds, Keane feels Mainoo has improved after his time out of the team under Ruben Amorim, as has been proved by his form under Michael Carrick.

However, the former Manchester United captain remains concerned that he does not have the pace to be a top level midfielder.

Kobbie Mainoo scored his first goal of the season (Picture: Getty Images)

While he can learn to add other strings to his bow, Keane is not sure Mainoo can develop acceleration required in the engine room.

‘The last six months will be quite good for him. For a young player at a big club, he comes on the scene and getting all the headlines, doing well and then getting involved with England,’ said Keane.

‘The last few months, people have been talking about him going out on loan, but I always said that sometimes you have to sit and learn, watch the game and the team.

Michael Carrick has placed his faith in Kobbie Mainoo since taking charge (Picture: Getty Images)

‘In football, there are good and bad experiences and I’ll think he’ll learn from this last few months than when he first got into the team.

‘He’s had to mature, he’s got his new deal, he’s had to learn his trade. He’s a young player, he’s still learning, he’s got years before he even peaks.

‘He’s surrounded by experienced players, hopefully they’re helping him, so it’s been no bad thing.

‘The only problem is, when people talk about if he’s explosive enough, can you improve on that if you’re not quick off the mark?’

Roy Keane has high standards for midfielders (Picture: Sky Sports)

The relationship between Mainoo and Carrick is clearly a good one, with the current England midfielder full of praise for the former one.

‘He’s played a huge part in it, all the confidence he gives all the players,’ Mainoo told Sky Sports of his and Manchester United’s resurgence. ‘You want to follow him and fight for him and die for him on the pitch.’

The win over Liverpool guarantees a return to Champions League football for the Red Devils and improves Carrick’s chances of getting the manager’s job on a permanent basis.

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Jacob finally reports Dr Todd in Emmerdale but gets a very unexpected shock

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Jacob Gallagher (Joe-Warren Plant) is ready to take the dragon head on in Emmerdale, but there is an unexpected sting in the tail.

Jacob’s been on a roller coaster ride with boss and mentor Dr Todd (Caroline Harker). After he got sick and tired of her bullying and gaslighting, he made an informal complaint to HR.

Todd found out about this and tried to get him to drop is complaint via her usual means of manipulation, telling him he’d be depriving the world of the best doctor ever if she did get the sack. He turned around and beautifully laid out how she had likely deprived the world of many brilliant doctors thanks to her bully-boss style, and stuck to his guns.

Ah but then the trump card fell into her lap when she overheard that Charity’s surrogate baby is not, in fact, Jacob’s. What an unbelievable opportunity to land in her lap – she blackmailed Charity that if she got Jacob to drop his complaint, the crooked Doc would keep the paternity a secret. Brutal.

Charity then emotionally pressured Jacob into retracting his complaint, claiming she was looking out for him and protecting his future, Lies. He had vowed never to be manipulated again but hadn’t seen Charity coming.

Carol reveals some news (Picture: ITV)

Jacob has previously tried to tell HR about his boss (Picture: ITV)

So, Jacob dropped his complaint and decided to face things himself. HR were surprised about his decision after the lengthy report he’d given. They even tried to tempt him to pursue the complaint with a tip that he wasn’t the first to make a complaint. But he decided to go through with the retraction.

But a retracted complaint does not stop Dr Todd from upping her bullying game. Now she openly mocks him when they pass each other in the village, and targets Sarah (Katie Hill) by twisting the knife that Jacob is all too keen to get back to work instead of play happy families.

Jacob does not take this well and confronts his evil boss in the Woolpack. But he makes a mistake when she walks away and he follows her into the ladies’ loo. Vanessa (Michelle Hardwick) walks in and catches him there, not a good look.

Vanessa confronts him, having become so completely confused by his behaviour, and he finally confesses everything to Sarah; the bullying, the lies, the mind games and gas lighting.

Doctor Todd knows about Charity and Ross’ baby (Picture: ITV)

Sarah now understands and tells him they’ll face it all together and sees with fresh eyes how emotionally beaten Jacob is. She tells him he needs to find his strength to tackle this.

But she also confronts Vanessa herself, which could only make matters worse.

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Fired up, Jacob decides to reinstate his complaint, but here’s the painful twist – Todd has got there first and with a bucket load of evidence against him. It’s all lies; every single scrap has been fabricated.

Jacob is floored but Sarah tells him now is the time to fight. But is it a fight he can win?

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Beware! Obsessed Doctor Todd’s new romance revealed in Emmerdale

Vanessa Woodfield seems pretty taken in by Doctor Todd (Picture: ITV)

Doctor Caitlin Todd (Caroline Harker) is busy manipulating Vanessa Woodfield (Michelle Hardwick) and Manpreet Sharma (Rebecca Sarker) amid her attempt to destroy Jacob Gallagher (Joe-Warren Plant) in Emmerdale.

For a reason yet to be revealed, Doctor Todd has spent the past few months slowly chipping away at Jacob’s confidence. It began at Hotten General Hospital, and featured Doctor Todd twisting situations involving the enthusiastic resident doctor.

This ongoing situation has left Jacob’s head in a mess. When he’s not questioning whether he’s got what it takes to be a doctor in a busy NHS hospital, he’s busy believing that he is capable, and it’s due to the fact Doctor Todd is so unpredictable in what she says to him.

Somedays her words will leave Jacob in a dark place, but other times she’ll give him opportunities to better his career, and comments on what a good job he does in the hospital.

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Jacob has found it difficult to prove that Doctor Todd is bullying him (Picture: ITV)

If this was kept to the confines of Hotten General, perhaps Jacob’s nightmare would’ve been over sooner, but things are now even more complex due to Doctor Todd living in the village.

She has moved in with Vanessa, meaning the lines between her and Jacob have blurred even more – and Doctor Todd is taking advantage of it.

Caitlin has now started telling Vanessa and Manpreet that Jacob is obsessed with her. Situations unfold between the two, and Doctor Todd can immediately tell Manpreet and Vanessa a different story to make it seem as though Jacob is being completely inappropriate.

Shortly after she moved to the village, Eric Pollard (Chris Chittell) left a bottle of wine on the doorstep but pretended that the gift was from Jacob. To Doctor Todd, this was the perfect chance to reiterate to her two pals that Jacob wasn’t considering the professional boundaries between them.

Caitlin has been busy claiming that Jacob is obsessed with her (Picture: ITV)

In this evening’s episode, Doctor Todd was at the pub with Vanessa and a few other women playing another round of darts. As the alcohol continued to get poured, Mary Goskirk (Louise Jameson) noted to a tipsy Vanessa that it’s very clear she has chemistry with Doctor Todd.

When they got home, a drunk Vanessa was too busy trying not to throw up to focus on the fact Caitlin was speaking about Jacob again, claiming that the conversation they had in the cafe that morning still proves her theory that he’s fixated on her.

Todd then told Vanessa to go to bed, and said that she’d ensure she wouldn’t feel too hungover by the morning. Vanessa was taken in by how kind Doctor Todd is – but is there a genuine connection between them?

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Or is the surgeon just being nice so she can pull the wool over Vanessa’s eyes when it comes to what’s really going on with her and Jacob?

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Health fears confirmed for EastEnders’ Denise as worrying symptoms develop

What’s wrong with Denise? (Picture: BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron/Metro)

EastEnders’ Denise Fox (Diane Parish) has always seemed pretty indestructible, hasn’t she?

She survived an abusive relationship with alcoholic Owen Turner (Lee Ross), lived through the tragic death of her fiancé, Kevin Wicks (Phil Daniels) then wound up engaged to, and imprisoned by, serial killer Lucas Johnson (Don Gilet).

She suffered brutal poverty, had a fling with Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden), resulting in a pregnancy and putting her child up for adoptionbefore reclaiming him from the gangster granny he’d grown up with.

She juggled a relationship with Jack Branning (Scott Maslen) and a fling with Ravi Gulati (Aaron Thiara) before suffering psychosis in the aftermath of her involvement in Keanu Taylor’s (Danny Walters) grisly death.

Since then, she’s been a pillar of unwavering strength for her pseudo-father, Patrick Trueman (Rudolph Walker), as he navigated the murder of his son, Anthony (Nicholas Bailey), as well as the emergence of his grandchildren, Jasmine Fisher (Indeyarna Donaldson-Holness) and Josh Goodwin (Joshua Vaughan), the former of which struck the killing blow.

Yeah, she’s a tough cookie is our Denise, but she’s recently been feeling less than spiffing!

Denise hasn’t been feeling herself (Picture: BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron)

In the aftermath of Sam Mitchell’s (Kim Medcalf) all clear results following a cancer check up, she and Denise ruminated over the importance of keeping up with their health and checking up on any symptoms that present.

To that end, Denise admitted that she’d felt ‘knackered’ recently and thus intended to make an appointment with her GP for a ‘check-up’. While fans immediately suspected the worst and predicted a serious health complication and potential death for the icon, the fact that she was shown as a potential bride for Max Branning (Jake Wood) in the New Year flashforward pretty much guarantees that we won’t be losing a legend in the near future.

Though, it becomes clear that there’s something wrong next week, as episodes see her continue to struggle with tiredness.

Denise books a GP appointment (Picture: BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron)

Sam discovers Diane asleep in her salon, Fox & Hair, and provides support for her as she worries about what could be going on with her health. When Sam checks in on her later in the week, she confirms that she’s booked a GP appointment to get the bottom of things.

But the question remains, what’s happening to Denise? Will it have any bearing on the emergence of her daughter, the former ‘Squiggle’, Libby (Belinda Owusu) at New Years?

I guess we’ll have to keep watching!

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Mikel Arteta told to sell £30m Arsenal star after ‘terrible’ performance vs Atletico Madrid

Arsenal and Atletico Madrid played out a 1-1 draw in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final (Getty)

Jamie O’Hara has urged Arsenal to consider selling Martin Odegaard in the summer transfer window after his performance against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League this week.

Odegaard has struggled with injuries this season and has started just 19 games across the Premier League and the Champions League.

The 27-year-old was substituted just before the hour mark in the draw with Atletico Madrid, and there are concerns in Norway that the midfielder is still hampered by a knee problem which has forced him to miss a significant part of Arsenal’s campaign.

However, O’Hara has questioned whether Odegaard can remain Arsenal’s captain and believes Mikel Arteta may need to sign a new creative midfielder in the summer transfer window.

‘Last season he wasn’t great either,’ O’Hara told talkSPORT.

Martin Odegaard was forced off early in the second half against Atletico Madrid (Getty)

‘He’s been terrible this season, getting dragged in the Champions League semi-final when you’re the captain is never a good look.

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‘I do believe that Arsenal maybe are growing away from Odegaard. Maybe they’ve got to look at a player who can come in and be that talisman.

‘When Eze came on tonight, he kept getting caught in possession. He’s done a couple of good things, but is he the world star in the number 10 role for Arsenal? I’m not sure.

‘But Odegaard needs to up his game. He needs to buck his ideas up because he will end up falling down a pecking order. I don’t think he can be the captain anymore.’

Meanwhile, Jason Cundy believes Declan Rice will become Arsenal’s next captain if Odegaard leave the club.

‘He’s never going to catch the eye in terms of doing step-overs and pinging one in top bins, running 30 yards. He ain’t that player. What he is, defensively, he’s a monster,’ Cundy said.

‘When he goes forward, he carries the team. He’s brilliant in control. I think he will be England’s next captain and I think it’ll be Arsenal’s next captain.’

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Met chief tells Zack Polanski ‘arresting violent criminals is a messy task’

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The Met’s highest-ranking officer has defended the arrest of the Golders Green stabbing suspect after police were seen stomping on his head.

Footage shared widely on social media showed two officers using a Taser, which immobilises someone by jolting them with 50,000 volts of electricity, and repeatedly kicking the suspect in the head while arresting him.

Green Party leader Zack Polanski reposted an X post accusing officers of ‘repeatedly and violently kicking a mentally ill man in the head when he was already incapacitated by Taser’.

But Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said he was ‘disappointed’ in Polanski, who is Jewish, for sharing the ‘inaccurate’ post.

In an open letter to the political leader shared on the Met’s social media, Sir Mark said: ‘Those officers are nothing short of extraordinary. They were on the scene within a few minutes, and their actions undoubtedly prevented further injury and saved lives.

‘As I said yesterday, the officers confronted a dangerous man, they believed to be a terrorist, who refused to show his hands, who was violent, and who continued to pose a clear threat. They were not armed officers, and they feared he was concealing an explosive device.

The moment officers arrest the suspected attacker(Picture: Metropolitan Police/PA Wire)

‘Using only their training, equipment and a substantial level of bravery and courage, they detained him while he continued to try and attack and stab them.

‘Without their efforts to stop him, I dread to think what the outcome could have been.

‘Apprehending violent and dangerous criminals is a full-contact and messy task which may appear shocking to observers with little experience of policing in the real world.’

Police previously said that the suspect attempted to stab police officers and was hit with a Taser weapon before he was arrested.

What is a Taser?

A Taser is a popular brand of stun gun by Axon Enterprise, formerly known as Taser International.

These days, however, ‘Taser’ has become a catchall for any type of stun gun.

A discharge, also known as a ‘cycle’, can last five seconds. The shock has been described as painful, drawing criticism from human rights groups.

College of Policing guidelines state that only highly-trained officers can deploy a Taser in certain authorised situations.

The college does not provide exact circumstances, rather describing it as ‘where any person could reasonably perceive the action as a use of force’.

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The post Polanski shared was in response to comments made by Sir Rowley that the suspect had ‘history of serious violence and mental health issues.’

The Green Party said: ‘Zack has seen the video like everyone else, and doesn’t know the full picture and knows it was a very difficult situation for the authorities, but we do need to understand more about the response.’

The terror alert level has since been raised to ‘severe’ following the attack that unfolded on Highfield Avenue on Wednesday morning.

It is now ‘highly likely’ a terror attack could happen within the next six months, according to the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre.

Essa Suleiman, 45, remains in police custody having been arrested on suspicion of attempting to murder Shloime Rand, 34, and Moshe Shine, 76.

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