Deal with it: You must learn to cope with losing Ferguson tells Keane

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Ferguson takes his team to the north-east for a meeting with his former United captain, whose side is struggling in the Barclays Premier League relegation zone.

Picture of frustration: Roy Keane's face

The holiday has not been kind to Sunderland, whose controversial defeat at Reading preceded the sight of a seething Keane being ordered out of Steve Coppell's office, although the Reading manager was not present at the time.

Keane was upset by an injury-time winner — which he believed did not cross the line — and is understood to have taken his complaints too far when invited for a post-match drink.

He was also angered the previous week by referee Steve Bennett' s controversial decision to disallow a late winner at home to Aston Villa.

Ferguson, however, remains confident that Keane will prove himself a top-level manager but has advised him not to look back for too long.

The United boss said: 'Losing is part of the game. It's