Keith Treacy was on the wrong end of a Ferguson tongue-lashing when he upended Cristiano Ronaldo in a match 16 years ago.
Ex-Republic of Ireland international Keith Treacy once had a heated clash with Alex Ferguson after fouling Cristiano Ronaldo .
After fouling Ronaldo close to the Manchester United bench, Treacy drew the ire of Ferguson and was treated to a brief bout of the infamous hairdryer treatment.Read more: Caoimhin Kelleher receives backing after huge gaffe ahead of crucial Liverpool spell "Having a little race with Ronaldo, Blackburn v Manchester United in 2008. I just pushed him off the pitch. He was going to get away from me so I just gave him a little bit in the back," Treacy began on OTB AM this morning.“I can't really tell you what Sir Alex called me, but it wasn't very nice.”
When pressed on what Ferguson said, Treacy replied that the 'morning' version of the verbal abuse was: "You little Irish munt," with munt a substitute for a very similar sounding word.
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