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Robbie Keane's goal the highlight of Michael Carrick's testimonial

Keane was playing for the Michael Carrick All Stars against a Manchester United 2008 XI.

GIVEN THE PLAYERS in action — Scholes, Giggs, Seedorf, Vidic, Rooney and more — it was always likely that Michael Carrick’s testimonial at Old Trafford today would be worth keeping an eye on.

And so it proved to be.

However, while this ‘tackle’ from Jamie Carragher on his sparring partner Gary Neville provided the comedy element:
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It was Robbie Keane who produced the best moment of the game with this delicious finish over a helpless Edwin van der Sar:

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See the full highlights of the game, which finished 2-2 thanks to a late effort from Carrick himself, here:

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Oh, and if you’re going to make the ‘Robbie Keane scoring for his boyhood club’ joke in the comments, don’t bother. Twitter beat you to it ages ago.

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