{"id":411425,"date":"2025-09-09T21:21:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T21:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/411425\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T21:21:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T21:21:15","slug":"roy-keane-blown-away-by-england-star-who-was-a-defenders-nightmare-vs-serbia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/411425\/","title":{"rendered":"Roy Keane blown away by England star who was a &#8216;defenders nightmare&#8217; vs Serbia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/England-Roy-Keane-1140x641.png\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"England squad celebrate a goal alongside a circular inset of Roy Keane\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 20%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Imago)<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20210903_163509-150x150.jpg\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Ciaran Morrison\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Tue 9 September 2025 22:05, UK <\/p>\n<p><strong>Roy Keane was left in awe of one players performance for England in their World Cup qualifier against Serbia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/noni-madueke-stellar-as-3-10-flops-england-player-ratings-v-serbia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">England defeated Serbia 5-0<\/a> in Belgrade to open up a seven-point gap at the top of their World Cup qualification group.<\/p>\n<p>The Three Lions beat Andorra 2-0 just days prior to make it a successful international break for Thomas Tuchel.<\/p>\n<p>Tuchel will still be contemplating the squad he will take to the World Cup, but one player stood out against Serbia.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Thomas-Tuchel-England-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Thomas Tuchel with his hands in his pockets at England training\" class=\"wp-image-744749\" \/>Thomas Tuchel oversaw England\u2019s win over Serbia. (Credit Imago)Noni Madueke dazzles in England win<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on ITV during half-time of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/england\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">England<\/a> against Serbia clash, Roy Keane expressed his delight at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/noni-madueke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Noni Madueke<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/noni-madueke-to-join-arsenal-after-chelsea-hit-by-uefa-sanctions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Madueke left Chelsea to join Arsenal<\/a> during the summer window and was also one of the few positives against Andorra. <\/p>\n<p>After 35 minutes, Madueke doubled England\u2019s lead after Harry Kane\u2019s opening goal just minutes before.<\/p>\n<p>MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES<\/p>\n<p>At half-time Keane said the winger was giving the Serbia defenders nightmares.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis movement has impressed me in the last few months. Coming short, then spinning,\u201d Keane said live on ITV.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a real maturity to his game. He\u2019s giving his team-mate options. He\u2019s been a threat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s affecting games, he\u2019s giving the defenders a nightmare, and that\u2019s what you want from your attacking players.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ezri Konsa grabbed the third goal early into the second half before Serbia went down to ten men to make it a comfortable evening for England.<\/p>\n<p>Marc Guehi and Marcus Rashford scored two goals in the final 15 minutes to add further gloss to the score line.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Noni-Madueke-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Noni Madueke playing for England\" class=\"wp-image-610785\" \/>Photo Credit: Getty ImagesMadueke stakes England starting claim<\/p>\n<p>Madueke showed a fearlessness to take defends on against Andorra and Serbia, and has cemented himself as the major positive from this international break. <\/p>\n<p>Tuchel has plenty of attacking talent at his disposal and will be encouraged by Madueke\u2019s performances down the right flank. <\/p>\n<tr>\n<td>Noni Madueke<\/td>\n<td>Stats<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Appearances<\/td>\n<td>70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Goals<\/td>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Assists<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>Noni Madueke\u2019s Premier League stats.<\/p>\n<p>Madueke is competing for a place in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/arsenal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arsenal<\/a> team and is not a guaranteed start at Emirates Stadium which could count against the 23-year-old, who also needs to start adding more end product to his game in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Tuchel would have learnt a lot about his England team in Serbia and be pleased how they strolled to victory in hostile surroundings without the likes of Jude Bellingham and Phil Foden.  <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Imago) Tue 9 September 2025 22:05, UK Roy Keane was left in awe of one players performance for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411426,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5008],"tags":[748,393,4884,1185,1677,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-411425","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-england","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-noni-madueke","12":"tag-roy-keane","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115176439001745641","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}