Author: David Pleat

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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This is a real cat and carrot situation.

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

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Stoichkov is pointing at the bench with his eyes.

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There’s Jermaine Defoe, checking the weather on his phone no doubt… he’s a lovely boy.

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Statistics are damn lies.

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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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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’s got a brain under his hair.

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

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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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If United get through, they’ll play Chelsea or Liverpool, in an all-Premiership tie, which is also an all-English tie, and also an all-British tie.

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

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Here we see Tevez’s little curly one.

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

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Appearance Body

Our central defenders, Doherty and Anthony Gardner, were fantastic and I told them that when they go to bed tonight they should think of each other.

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I’ve never known a Groundhog Day like this and I’ll have to go and see the film to find out what it’s all about.

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

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