Source: Daily_Mail
Avram Grant forgives Robbie Keane for glaring miss against Blackburn
ShareThree games, three glaring misses from Robbie Keane and just one point earned for West Ham. Will these be the three errors that cost ultimately cost the Hammers their Premier League status?[LNB] Keane, 30, missed a sitter with West Ham only a goal down against Chelsea a fortnight ago. A week later came another glaring miss against Manchester City - albeit with West Ham already 2-0 down. [LNB] Wide of the mark: Robbie Keane (left) fails to score against Blackburn[LNB]The striker, who earns ?60,000-a-week and has scored two goals in nine appearances on loan from Tottenham Hotspur, then completed the most unwanted of hat-tricks against Blackburn Rovers. [LNB]Nowhere to hide: Keane reflects on a tough day[LNB]Keane, a 55th-minute substitute, looked poised to slot Frederic Piquionne's cross past Paul Robinson to score the winner with two minutes remaining. But, whether distracted by Carlton Cole or fiercely aware of the pressure, Keane got his feet in a tangle and failed to connect.[LNB]'I wish I knew why I missed,' he told his manager, Avram Grant. [LNB]The West Ham boss added: 'Football is a game of chances. And then it's a game of using chances. [LNB]'All the season we are not using even 20 per cent of chances. And this is maybe the story of our year. [LNB]'Robbie is not happy. He came here to score. The last three games he had three big chances to score, but I cannot blame him that he doesn't work. [LNB]'I feel sorry for him, but he did everything good. But it doesn't count. He's a good lad. I don't have any intention to kill him.'[LNB] In with a shout: West Ham are not quite yet doomed to relegation[LNB] But Saturday's draw against Blackburn Roverskept West Ham bottom of the table, still three points adrift of safety with two games - away at Wigan and home against Sunderland - to stay in the top flight. [LNB]Fighting spirit 'We're going to Coventry,' sang the fans to the tune of Que Sera, Sera. On this evidence they will. [LNB]Jack Collison, who came off the bench to playhis first match since suffering a knee injury last March, said: 'It is amassive task, we know that. Wigan next week is a must-win game. They will be thinking the same. So it is set up to be a Cup final. [LNB]'Enough talking. We have talked all season about how we are good enough to get out of it but the league table does not lie. 'It is a matter of two games and two wins to stay in the Premier League.'[LNB] Watch all the Premier League goals every week on our brilliant video playerWest Ham must beat us to survive: Wigan boss Martinez piles pressure on ahead of relegation nail-biterAston Villa 1 Wigan 1: Heskey rages at ref as Latics scrape crucial pointWest Ham 1 Blackburn 1: Hammers clinging on as Keane fluffs his lines [LNB] Explore more:People: Carlton Cole, Paul Robinson, Jack Collison, Robbie Keane
