Author: David Pleat Page 2

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

English football player, manager & sports commentator

A game is not won until it is lost.

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

English football player, manager & sports commentator

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

English football player, manager & sports commentator

Statistics are damn lies.

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

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

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

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

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’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

There he goes again, doing doggies.

English football player, manager & sports commentator

Preki quite literally only has the one foot.

English football player, manager & sports commentator

Eighty per cent of teams who score first in matches go on to win them. But they may draw some. Or occasionally lose.

English football player, manager & sports commentator