Manuel Neuer Quotes

It was a fair decision, the penalty, even though it was debatable whether it was inside or outside the box.

One rule that will work if it is used everywhere, is that when you have a free-kick, the referee puts the mark on the floor to make sure the defenders keep their distance.

In football I think if you don't have the intention to touch the ball and you have your arms in a natural position it is not handball.

We need to learn that in the Champions League, the referees are vigilant and quick to whistle.

I think if you're raising your foot high whether it's an overhead kick or not, you're risking a red card.

Would I - or any defender - tell the referee to give a penalty if I made a foul in the box but it was deemed a fair tackle? No chance.

The abolition of the double sanction for a foul in the box is a welcome change. There are times that you cannot help but stop your opponent in the box, with your momentum forcing you to make a challenge. Fouls can't be avoided in that situation but your intention was fair.

That could have been his second yellow card - if he'd already got his first one of course

The referee will now keep track of the time on the field and the shootouts have finally been banned.

The World Cup is a competition in which everything needs to work to your advantage. Players need to be fit, decisions have to go in your favour, and details such as a red card can cost a team dearly.

In this day and age, in modern goalkeeping, if you come out and you catch the ball and you get smacked, you're going to get the foul.

As a player, sometimes you expect something to happen every time the ball is in the box. Every time somebody falls down, you get nervous because you have to watch your back because anything can happen.

Everyone talks about VAR, which is great. It will help the referees no end. But if you've got VAR in place and VAR becomes the ref, I'm not sure that's good for the game.

It's definitely tough on the pass rushers when they say you're taking a quarterback down and you fall on top of them and it's roughing the passer. Ain't really much you can say, it's just tough.

I admit to becoming frustrated by the frequency of diving in the Champions League.

When I saw Rijkaard entering the referee's dressing room I couldn't believe it. When Didier Drogba was sent off, I wasn't surprised.

A difficult decision for the referee's assistant. I wouldn't beat him up over it.

A tremendous strike which hit the defender full on the arm - and it nearly came off.

That's not the type of header you want to see your defender make, with his hand.

The background looks like a lot of red cards.

When I got the red card all the Chelsea players come around. It felt like I had a lot of babies around me.

I do go to football sometimes but I don't know the offside rule or free-kicks - or side kicks - or whatever they're called.

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