Author: David Pleat Page 2

I’m not too sure how much you get for winning the Champion’s League, but it’s definitely 10 million euros.

English football player, manager & sports commentator

I’ve just noticed something interesting; the left and right backs have both got long sleeve shirts on.

English football player, manager & sports commentator

This is a real cat and carrot situation.

English football player, manager & sports commentator

Marseille needed to score first, and that never looked likely once Liverpool had taken the lead.

English football player, manager & sports commentator

I was inbred into the game by my father.

English football player, manager & sports commentator

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.

English football player, manager & sports commentator

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

English football player, manager & sports commentator

Stoichkov is pointing at the bench with his eyes.

English football player, manager & sports commentator

I feel like a drunken man who doesn’t have a drink.

English football player, manager & sports commentator

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.

English football player, manager & sports commentator

He’s got a brain under his hair.

English football player, manager & sports commentator

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

English football player, manager & sports commentator

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

English football player, manager & sports commentator

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

English football player, manager & sports commentator

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

English football player, manager & sports commentator