Roy Keane brings future son-in-law Taylor Harwood-Bellis back down to earth after England goal

ITV Sport pundit and erstwhile Republic of Ireland planetary Roy Keane watched his aboriginal son-in-law, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, people against the Irish for England connected Sunday night

Roy Keane grudgingly praised his aboriginal son-in-law, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, for scoring successful England's 2nd fractional demolition of the Republic of Ireland.

The Southampton defender, 22, earned his maiden elder call-up for this week's planetary double-header and marked his debut with a imagination extremity successful Sunday night's thumping 5-0 triumph implicit Ireland.

He headed successful to implicit a rotten nighttime for the Irish, who went successful astatine the interruption level. Liam Scales was sent disconnected soon aft the interruption aft clipping Jude Bellingham successful the punishment country with Harry Kane plundering the resulting penalty. Anthony Gordon, Conor Gallagher and Jarrod Bowen each got successful connected the enactment earlier Harwood-Bellis completed the rout.

Harwood-Bellis is engaged to Keane's daughter and the Irishman was connected punditry work for the lucifer for ITV Sport - but the defender's extremity did, astatine least, bring a wry grin to his look connected a unsmooth nighttime for the Manchester United icon.

Keane said: "It's astir arsenic bully arsenic Kane's goal. It's bittersweet for me, this."

When ITV Sport big Mark Pougatch past explained to immoderate viewers who were unaware that Harwood-Bellis was Keane's aboriginal son-in-law, the erstwhile midfielder quipped: "It's not done and dusted yet. Listen, things tin alteration truly rapidly successful the Keane household!"

Keane past shared immoderate bully words connected the youngster, adding: "It's bully for him to marque his debut and he's a spot of a extremity threat. He's a bully kid and his household person done a truly large job."

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