ROY KEANE blasted Jordan Pickford after the goalkeeper’s mix-up with Marc Guehi left England on the cusp of conceding against Latvia.
The Three Lions overcame a frustrating low block to beat the visitors 3-0 in their 2026 World Cup qualifier at Wembley.
But with the score at 0-0 in the 18th minute, England almost conceded in embarrassing fashion after a horrendous mix-up.
Latvian striker Vladislavs Gutkovskis raced through on goal after a fine run while duelling with Guehi.
But Pickford raced out to the edge of his box to intercept him and instead put Guehi off after a miscommunication.
The ball ran between the pair of them and Gutkovskis got away with no-one in the England net.
But Gutkovskis missed an open goal after hitting the side netting from an angle after rounding Pickford.
When analysing the confusion at half-time, Keane blamed the Everton keeper and had some strong words for his part in the kerfuffle.
Speaking on ITV, Keane said: “Poor from England. Goalkeepers get bored sometimes.
“But Pickford comes up, and you feel like saying to Pickford ‘mind your own business, let the defender deal with it’, so I’d be looking at Pickford there.
“He’s obviously had his hand up there at the end saying ‘it’s my fault’, but he doesn’t have to come up that far.”
Ian Wright was on the same wavelength and said Pickford should have “trusted” Guehi to deal with it.
But despite Keane’s comments, it was a great night for Pickford who drew level with Joe Hart and David Seaman on 75 caps.
As such, only Peter Shilton has more caps for England than the former Sunderland stopper.
Elsewhere, Keane said England’s performance was nothing special.
The Manchester United legend added: “If this was a school report it would be a C-plus.
“It’s a good start for the manager to get two wins on the board. But the end product wasn’t great.
“There’s lots more to come from them. It was OK.”
The Ireland legend also couldn’t resist a dig at Arsenal at half-time.
He praised Myles Lewis-Skelly for winning the free-kick from which Reece James opened the scoring with.
Keane said: “Lewis-Skelly here…he’s obviously learned that well at Arsenal over the years. It’s 50-50.”
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