Ron Atkinson Quotes

I think the fact that Sir Alex Ferguson rested Howard Webb had a lot to do with the result.

I think it all goes down to who plays the better football on the night.

So if one day the result becomes 3-3, for me it doesn't change my mind, because it's football, it's normal. What is not normal is that we haven't been scoring enough goals playing such good football as we've been playing in the last few weeks.

The first ninety minutes of a football match are the most important.

In this game called football, we don't know who's going to the playoffs.

What Barcelona almost always do is play a good game, but we don't always win.

I think, a lot of teams, when they come to Anfield and they play a draw, they think it is a good result.

Sometimes you can lose games unluckily or the other team is better than you and has a great day as well. That can happen in football.

The reality of football rests on that patch of green between 90 and 95 minutes. Whichever team is going to win has to do it on the field of play and by scoring more goals than the opposition.

Knowing where a team will usually place a penalty can be the difference between winning or losing.

With Ajax and Liverpool, you win about 80 per cent of matches.

Don't tell those coming in the final result of that fantastic match, but let's just have another look at Italy's winning goalo.

I can't fault my players. We created a lot of chances but we missed out on a victory because of the woodwork and goalkeeper Bonano, who did very well.

I think if they hadn't scored, we might have got a better result.

There will be a game where somebody scores more than Brazil and that might be the game that they lose.

We did everything we could to win this game on a tricky pitch. We created a lot of opportunities but between the posts and Bonano, we failed to find the goal. We did well but we let a victory slip from our grasp. I still think we are carrying on where we left off last season and you saw a team that was working for 90 minutes. We showed off our talent but just couldn't get a goal.

The Seahawks defense has to go balls deep to win this game.

Chile have three options - they could win or they could lose.

Now Manchester United are 2-1 down on aggregate, they are in a better position than when they started the game at 1-1.

Eighty per cent of teams who score first in matches go on to win them. But they may draw some - or occasionally lose.

Best football player I played against? I think Messi. He killed us.

Home advantage is usually an advantage to the home team

They played exquisite basketball in this series and in particular these last three games. They are the better team. There is no other way to say it. They played great basketball, and we couldn't respond to it.

A faithless fan can make a team lose a game they have won.

I'm sure Bobby won't want them to be losing the match before winning it.