They deserve to be in the UEFA Cup, but not to finish the job in this way. |
They didn't score in the semi-final against us but I accept they beat us, |
They have a good manager who can motivate players and good players who can come out in the second half and fight. They did that. |
They introduced three world-class players in the second-half and that tipped the balance. |
They should go home proud of what they did. They gave us a game. They played with courage. They were not afraid of us. |
They wanted us to let them get in behind us but we stopped them doing that. |
This game is special not only for me but for everyone, |
This great manager if he's still there it's because he has the support of everybody and believes he can bounce back. |
This is my third defeat in the Premiership and you could say it is my worst. We lose 1-0 Man City - we don't deserve. We lose 1-0 Manchester United - we don't deserve. We lose 3-0 here - we deserve. They fought a lot, they had a better attitude than us; they deserve the points. |
This is the game of the season for them because they have nothing else. It is not the same for us. |
This is the kind of performance and result that helps people understand why we're already champions and so close again. This proves we are the best team in the country. |
This is the kind of result and performance that I think everybody understands why we are champion and why we are so close to being champion again. Our bad run is still a positive run. but this game was one where the players were very, very keen ... to win. |
This result doesn't make a champion or doesn't decide that the loser cannot be champion. It is just one game. We have dozens and dozens of matches to play. |
To be with 10 men for so long and win 4-1 is impressive. They played very well from the first minute. There was no fear and the spirit was amazing. |
Today was a difficult game. It was not a beautiful one, but it was very competitive. |