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Euro 2024: You’re out of order – Keane blasts Mbappe after France beat Austria

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Former Manchester United captain, Roy Keane, has said Kylian Mbappe was “out of order”, after he returned to the field of play without the referee’s permission.

Mbappe picked up a suspected broken nose late on in their 1-0 win over Austria on Monday.

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The France captain suffered the injury after jumping into Austrian defender, Kevin Danso.

 

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Mbappe went off to be attended to by medics, but then returned to the field without the referee’s permission, before sitting on the pitch and receiving a yellow card from the match official.

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After the match, Keane slammed Mbappe’s apparent deliberate act of time wasting.

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He told ITV Sport: “He gets an injury, trying to stop the play, he’s gone on to sit on the pitch, I don’t like to see this. This is out of order.

“Listen whether he’s been instructed to go back on by the manager, he’s obviously had treatment he’s come off.

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“I know players can make mistakes, but to go back on and sit on the pitch, he deserved that yellow card. I don’t like to see it.”

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