[United might have a game in hand but they already trail Chelsea by five points. They cannot afford to lose any more ground even at this early stage of the season - and playing Liverpool away will reveal much about the seriousness of their challenge.] We need everyone to perform every match to keep up with Chelsea, ... We've run out of excuses. It's time to perform again and win match after match like we used to do - season after season. |
A performance like that in Poland was the best way to answer the critics. |
As a young lad you go out and enjoy it, you have no fears, ... England versus Wales, a full house at the Millennium Stadium - you just don't get any bigger than that. |
Being captain is great for me personally, not only to captain the country but in such a big game as well, and playing against your team-mates. I'm not a vocal captain, like other people. I just try to lead by example. |
Bringing young players through the ranks has always been one of the manager's main priorities, |
But the main thing is to work on the stability of the team, not giving goals away, and scoring our goals will come. |
England got the luck this time, but if we keep producing performances like that it'll come our way, |
He has settled in really well, |
He just kept on knocking on door after door in search of Lee's place. And every wrong one made him more angry. Finally, when he knocked on the right door, he was volcanic. |
I am lucky to have won so much, and the one thing missing in my career is playing in a major championships. I have maybe got two more shots at that, |
I believe we can win the title. |
I do not want to be on the pitch when they are jumping around celebrating winning the league. |
I don't think we've ever taken it [winning the league] for granted. When you win the title, you find it's even harder to defend it; Arsenal have never been able to defend a Championship and we hope Chelsea face that sort of problem this year. |
I just don't know, |
I've been quite pleased with the last five or six games I've played. I've been playing consistently well for Wales. ... It hasn't been a successful campaign but we've got a year to prepare for the next one and it would be nice to finish off with another win [against Azerbaijan on Wednesday]. |