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Roy Keane has Gary Neville and Ian Wright in fits of laughter as he talks through his topless celebration

Roy Keane had fellow pundits Gary Neville and Ian Wright in fits of laughter as he talked them through his topless celebration from earlier in the week.

The Manchester United legend found the back of the net for an ITV side against a team of BBC pundits in a football match in Qatar and couldn't contain his excitement as he removed his t-shirt before jumping over a bin.

Keane joked that his celebration was better than the goal, adding on ITV: "I'm feeling it today. My knee has been really sore the last few days so huge regrets about jumping the bin, but it was a big goal for the ITV team. I'm very proud of it."

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The Cork native has provided viewers with plenty of entertainment during the tournament so far and was back on TV screens on Saturday as England took on France in a quarter-final clash.

The former Ireland captain became involved in a back-and-forth argument with Brazil over their dancing celebrations in their 4-1 win over South Korea earlier in the week.

He said: “I don’t mind the first kind of little jig – whatever they’re doing – but they’re still doing it after that, and then the manager getting involved with it.

“I’m not happy with it, I don’t think it’s very good at all.”

Brazil boss Tite hit back at Keane over the comments, saying: “I am very sorry but I will not make comment on those who do not know Brazilian history or Brazilian culture, the way each and every one of us is.

“To those, I leave that noise aside. I want my connection to be to my job, to the people who I relate to, to those who relate to my work. They know how much I respect the Brazilian history.

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“Those are the ones I give my heart to. I respect the culture.

“Who knows how many more kids will dance, because that is what is in the culture when a goal is scored.

“It is not being disrespectful to anyone else, that is how we do things, that is us. This may also help the education of young kids back in school and we will continue doing things in our manner.”

But Keane then refused to back down on the comments and reiterated that he felt the celebrations were over the top and Brazil shouldn't have danced the way they did.

When asked by Micah Richards in a Sky Bet World Cup video if he thought Brazil were disrespectful, Keane replied: "100%. I love watching Brazil, I love what they stand for, you think of the World Cup, you think of Brazil. I watched them in 1982 and loved everything about them.

"I love watching them because they're brilliant at football, not when they start dancing ten minutes after a goal's gone in or their manager starts dancing. Do you think it's okay? Really?

"You talk about the game, you talk about respect, respecting your teammates, respecting the opposition. A manager done a dance on the sideline. Are you telling me it's okay?

"Every country's got a culture. Why do you think it's okay for a manager to dance? I've never seen a manager from Brazil dancing ever.

"I love what the Brazilians do, love watching them, the football [they played] in the first half was fantastic but that's my opinion. I'm entitled to it. If you think it's okay then that's fine. You're obviously wrong. I don't get it.

"He's got an opposition manager ten yards from him and you have to watch that. The game is about respect as well."

Ultimately it was Keane who had the last laugh as Croatia knocked Brazil out of the tournament on Friday.

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