3) Alf Inge Haaland - Man United v Man City, April 21, 2001
Roy Keane’s knee-high horror lunge on the Norwegian in the Manchester derby earned him a red card, a five-game suspension and a £150,000 fine.
Keane later revealed in his autobiography that it was premeditated revenge after he suffered a season-ending injury while trying to foul Haaland, then at Leeds, in a match four years earlier.
Recovery: After numerous attempts at a comeback, Haaland was forced to accept retirement in July 2003.
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