It’s how the game was played back then not like today where it’s become a non contact sport and defenders are afraid to tackle in case of getting sent off
He was a great box to box midfielder, almost unionized the united dressing room. He was a great captain he deserves the credit. United signed him for 3.75 million which was a British record transfer fee at the time, he lived up to the expectations. Keane learnt a lot from Brian Clough, Ferguson didn't shape his personality that's why they eventually fell out.
Gerrard was better it was just that they played slightly different roles where Gerrard would drop deeper in defence than Lampard hence his stats in defense being better and Lampard would be more pivotal in attack for Chelsea
gerrard is the better player. lampard may have better attacking stats but gerrard had also captained his team and brought way more defensively and attacking together than just goal contributions like lampard
