It is great to be recognised by your fellow players - the awards you really crave are from them. |
It is too hard to say how close the league is going to be. It is so early to be talking about a points gap. |
It should not matter where he comes from. Just someone to win matches. |
It was a big step towards winning it today. We got the result, we're nearly there. |
It was a massive win, |
It was very special but at the end of the day the three points is what we needed. That's what we set out to do. We want to keep the gap at the top and if anything make it bigger. We want to win back-to-back titles and push on from there. |
It's not normal to be hitting top form too early in the season, |
It's too early. People are already talking about the points gap. We have started very well but we know that we have got to go on at the same level as we did last year. |
John has had a similar problem for some time and his looks worse than mine. |
Last season when Arjen Robben was out injured it was a nightmare for us because we didn't have a solution. But this season it's no problem. We have that solution, |
Liverpool's strength in the Champions League last season was not conceding goals away from home. Maybe in the league they'll come out a bit more. Winning is more of a necessity for them. |
Losing two semi-finals in a row makes you even more determined to win it the next time. |
People can talk about records, and they do all the time. But the manager has said he is not that bothered about them. Our aim is to win championships, but we know we are not going to do that by winning every game; that is not possible. We are realists. |
That's what we set out to do. We don't want to let up, we want to keep winning games, keep the gap at the top and if anything make it bigger. |
The aim is the Double. |