ROBBIE KEANE DAZZLED Los Angeles with a Hollywood finish last night.
Ireland’s captain scored a brace as the Galaxy beat the New York Red Bulls 4-0.
His first, in the eighth minute, was as good a goal as he has scored in his 17 years as a professional.
Keane gathered Landon Donovan’s pass and jinked back inside Roy Miller before lifting an audacious lob above Red Bulls keeper Luis Robles’ head into the far corner.
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The trademark celebration followed:
Keane said: “If you ask the players in training, I’m always doing it. And it’s better when it comes off, obviously.
“Tonight it came off. A couple weeks ago against Chivas it came off.
“At the angle I had, I had to strike it low otherwise I wouldn’t have scored, it was too much of an angle.
The only thing I really had was the chip, and as soon as I get an angle like that, I’m always going to do that.
Former Premier League striker Bradley Wright-Phillips, who is now with the Red Bulls, got a first-hand view of his childhood hero in action.
“We had something in England like a player camera that you could follow that player around, and I used to watch his move and his touch.
“He is a tremendous player. He hasn’t lost it at all.”
Robbie Keane chipped in with a ridiculous lob for the LA Galaxy last night
ROBBIE KEANE DAZZLED Los Angeles with a Hollywood finish last night.
Ireland’s captain scored a brace as the Galaxy beat the New York Red Bulls 4-0.
His first, in the eighth minute, was as good a goal as he has scored in his 17 years as a professional.
Keane gathered Landon Donovan’s pass and jinked back inside Roy Miller before lifting an audacious lob above Red Bulls keeper Luis Robles’ head into the far corner.
The trademark celebration followed:
Keane said: “If you ask the players in training, I’m always doing it. And it’s better when it comes off, obviously.
“Tonight it came off. A couple weeks ago against Chivas it came off.
“At the angle I had, I had to strike it low otherwise I wouldn’t have scored, it was too much of an angle.
Former Premier League striker Bradley Wright-Phillips, who is now with the Red Bulls, got a first-hand view of his childhood hero in action.
“We had something in England like a player camera that you could follow that player around, and I used to watch his move and his touch.
“He is a tremendous player. He hasn’t lost it at all.”
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