[Wright-Phillips] is even better than I thought. He's a better player that I thought, more intelligent, not just intuitive. He also thinks the game. He understands what we teach. He understands where he is. He's improving a lot to adapt to our tactical situation. He's ready to play. He knows where to be. He knows what to do. |
A direct red card must be a 101 percent red card and from the position I was it didn't look like that to me. |
A hundred and one points from the Premier League in 2005, that?s an unbelievable record. |
A hundred and one points from the Premiership in 2005, that's an unbelievable record. |
A professional player has to be aware of what he can do and what he should do, |
an enemy of football. |
And if he's ready to play for Chelsea in the Champions League he's ready to play for England in international matches. |
As with last year I have started by bedding down the team and with only one game a week, apart from the internationals, we have kept changes to a minimum. |
Back on track? Ten wins and one draw -- back on track? |
Barcelona are in a situation where they wouldn't expect to be. The winning team has an emotional advantage and is playing at home. How many times in football have things changed? |
Before the end of the game, I rang home so that they could see me becoming a champion (in England). There were only two minutes of injury time left and I wanted them to see our celebration. When the referee blew the final whistle it was beautiful, |
But at the same time we know also that in the last three games we couldn't score and we couldn't score because they defended really well. We have to give credit to a team that defended well and defended with a lot of aggression. |
But in this multi-million pound business it is imperative that pivotal decisions stand up to scrutiny. |
But it's not a drama for them -- they could still be first in their group and in the Premiership they still have 30 matches to play. |
But when the Champions League and Carling Cup start, then we will need everyone in the squad. |