Author: David Pleat

Of course, Steven Gerrard is one of only a few Liverpool players who never get left out by Rafa; and even he doesn’t always get picked.

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Moutinho using his weight there – all 5’ 7” of it.

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For such a small man, Maradona gets great elevation on his balls.

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There’s Thierry Henry, exploding like the French train that he is.

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Oh dear, I forgot to put my watch back to Swiss time.

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If there are any managers out there with a bottomless pit, I’m sure that they would be interested in these two Russians.

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Pires has got something about him, he can go both ways depending on who’s facing him.

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For such a small man Maradona gets great elevation on his balls.

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He hits it into the corner of the net as straight as a nut.

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That would have been the icing on his start.

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He’s very quick for a man of his age. I suppose you’d call him ageless. He’s 33 or 34.

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I’ve seen some players with very big feet, and some with very small feet.

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Here we see Tevez’s little curly one.

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I was inbred into the game by my father.

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What does it feel like being rammed up the backside by Barrichello?

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Eighty per cent of teams who score first in matches go on to win them; but they may draw some… or occasionally lose.

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He wasn’t really trying to score with that shot.

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Preki quite literally only has the one foot.

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He’s got a brain under his hair.

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We are now in the middle of the center of the first half.

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Statistics are damn lies.

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