'You always like to give players at least 10 or 11 minutes, so it is a gamble when you put them on for less,' said Keegan. But it also unsettles the opposition. If Arsene Wenger or Alex Ferguson had done it, they would have been hailed as a tactical genius, with me it's just luck.’
'Whenever you put someone on, you hope they can add something to your side. Ali said we hadn't given him long enough - and on the evidence of that he was probably right.'