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‘Partying too much’ – Roy Keane peddles ‘bad champions’ narrative yet again in swipe at Liverpool Roy Keane has reached into his cupboard of ‘Here’s one I made before’ on Sunday evening by yet again dismissing Liverpool as ‘bad champions’. A line he first peddled during the Reds’ abortive title defence in 2020/21 , he whipped it out again after the defeat to Manchester City last month and was seemingly just waiting for the next opportunity to indulge in it once more. That came after the 1-1 draw at home to struggling Tottenham Hotspur yesterday as Arne Slot’s side spurned yet another opportunity to capitalise on dropped points for their rivals in the race for Champions League football.
DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL EMPIRE OF THE KOP APP FOR ALL THE LATEST & BREAKING UPDATES – STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON APPLE & GOOGLE PLAY Keane calls Liverpool ‘bad champions’ who were ‘partying too much’ Speaking on punditry duty for Sky Sports , Keane bemoaned: “I’ve said it before and I’ve said it a number of times – Liverpool are bad champions, and they were bad champions a few years ago. They’re now 21 points behind Arsenal – what a drop-off that is.
That is so bad. “When you win league titles, sometimes the challenge is the following year. Can you back it up?
You can have a drop-off; City have had a drop-off recently by their high standards but they’re still competing in second or third. They’re not 20-30 points behind the team who’s winning the league. That’s a drop-off.
” Keane felt that the root of the Reds’ current problems stemmed back to the tail end of last season, when he criticised Slot and the players for going on holidays after the Premier League title had been won. The pundit said: “I was critical of Liverpool towards the end of last season. I thought they were almost partying too much.