Manchester United’s Jesper Blomqvist tells Roy Keane he was wrong to blame him for hospital pass that led to booking and ban from 1999 Champions League final
Treble-winning winger Blomqvist sat down with SunSport for a wide-ranging interview in which he discussed 1999 semi-final win over Juventus
JESPER BLOMQVIST insists a raging Roy Keane was wrong to blame him for the booking that saw Manchester United's captain miss the 1999 Champions League final.
Keane accused the Swede of playing a poor pass that led him to foul Juventus' Zinedine Zidane and get a fatal yellow card.
The Irishman yelled at Blomqvist on the Turin pitch as it meant he would miss the final against Bayern Munich - but the former AC Milan winger now says that was laughable.
In a wide-ranging interview to be published in SunSport tomorrow, the 44-year-old said: "I've looked at that video again and I think even he can have a laugh about it. I don't think it was that bad.
"Of course he was angry because it was a big consequence.
"I was upset for him as well, to miss him and [Paul] Scholes in the final, I think that was one of the reasons we didn't reach our best level in the final.
"But I think it was a bit harsh to blame me for that yellow card."
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Blomqvist, who spent three seasons at Old Trafford, is still amazed as he reflects on that Treble-winning season, where United also won the FA Cup and Premier League.
He said: "It still seems crazy that it happened.
"If you see two or three of the games: the Champions League final we managed to turn around, the FA Cup semi-final when [Ryan] Giggs scored we were one man down.
"And Juventus was a crazy turnaround. It's hard to understand how we managed to do it."
Read SunSport's full interview with Blomqvist tomorrow, as he talks about rejecting Sir Alex Ferguson, United losing Zlatan Ibrahimovic and his new career in a pizzeria.