Newcastle icon Alan Shearer has opened up on the animosity he felt for Manchester United counterpart Roy Keane.

The two clashed many times over their lengthy careers in the Premier League.

One altercation particularly stands out from when Newcastle were beating United 4-3 at St James' Park in September 2001, when Keane almost hit Shearer.

"Yeah, I didn't like him," Shearer said. "I had loads of rucks with him and I wasn't the only one. It was a throw-in in the far corner where I stopped him taking an early throw.

"We were beating them at St. James' and he wanted to take a quick throw-in and he'd been at me all game as he normally was.

"It was about three of four minutes before the end of the game. I can't remember exactly what I said, I called him some sort of name.

"He got the red card and I remember having a little smile and thought: 'I've done you [like] a kipper here. I can't believe you've fallen into that little trap'."

He added: "And I can see him, the steam was coming out of his ears, and then the final whistle goes and I'm thinking, 'Do I run straight off? Do I try and get up there?' Because I knew for a fact that Roy would be waiting at the top of the tunnel.

"So I don't know, I say thanks and shake hands and what have you and there's this big commotion going on and I look up and there's Roy, he's waiting for me at the top of the tunnel."