Roy Keane and Graeme Souness clash in heated World Cup…

Roy Keane and Graeme Souness clash in heated World Cup argument over penalty call

Roy Keane and Graeme Souness clashed over an incident in Argentina's World Cup match with Saudi Arabia on Tuesday morning.

The pair became involved in a heated argument over the penalty decision that led to Argentina taking the lead in the Group C encounter at the Lusail Stadium.

Keane thought the referee shouldn't have given the foul, while Souness believes Slavko Vincic was right to award the penalty, which he gave after looking at the pitch side monitor.

Manchester United legend Keane began on ITV : "I don’t think it’s been great. Argentina had a good start but to me looked like they were going through the motions, I don’t think it was a penalty, Saudi Arabia are doing well to be fair to them, they’re hanging in there, playing a high line - obviously a dangerous game to play.

"They got lucky once or twice, they need to do better on set-pieces but overall disappointed with Argentina, need to see more, going through the motions a bit."

Souness responded: "He’s not watching the ball, Laura. He doesn’t know where the ball is, he’s only interested in the Argentinian player, he doesn’t know when it’s been kicked, he’s not watching and that is a penalty."

Joe Cole didn't know where the look as the duo continue to bicker live on ITV.

The argument continued as follows:

RK: "No, no, no. All this will do is encourage diving. He’s dragging him down, he’s dragging him down!"

GS: "Roy, you’re not listening to what Laura is saying. The directive from referees…"

RK: "I heard exactly what she said. It’s going to encourage diving."

GS: "This is not about opinion, that’s a fact, the guy wasn’t looking at the ball."

RK: "Well I’m here to give my opinion. That’s not a penalty."

GS: "This is not about our opinions, it’s about the laws of the game."

RK: "Well what are we here for? I’m here to give my opinion."

GS: "Their interpretation…"

RK: "That’s not a penalty."

GS: "Their interpretation, the new laws…"

RK: "That’s my opinion, that’s why I’m here. I’m here to give my opinion, that’s a penalty. I’m here to give my opinion that’s not a penalty."

GS: "I’ve heard you say it 10 times. Do you want to say it again?"

RK: "That’s not a penalty."

GS: "Let someone else speak."

RK: "Go ahead."

GS: "You learn a lot more if you listen than talk all the time."

RK: "Go ahead, go ahead."

GS: "The ball has come in, he’s not looking at the ball. The directive from the referee is that’s a penalty, we have to accept that’s a penalty. We’ve seen a different Argentina today, it’s not the Argentina I expected to see, they don’t seem too intent on dominating the ball. I just feel Argentina have another gear to go into."

RK: "We’re going to see a record number of penalties at this World Cup, record number. That’s not a penalty."

GS: "I thought we moved on from that."

Many fans were entertained by the heated clash and took to social media to have their say.

One said: "Can't believe we're being treated to Graeme Souness and Roy Keane clashing heads over Argentina and Saudi Arabia at 11am on a Tuesday."

Another commented: " Roy Keane and Graeme Souness going at each other at half time over the Argentina penalty was enjoyable."

Someone else tweeted: "Souness and Roy Keane arguing at 11 o clock over Argentina vs Saudi Arabia is one thing I like about this World Cup."

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