Football Matches Quotes

When it came to playing Arsenal over the last eight years of my career at United, we always went into games against them feeling like we would win - and we usually did.

This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.

When I arrive at the gates of Heaven the Good Lord will ask ‘what did you do in your life?’ I will respond ‘I tried to win football matches.’ He will say: ‘Are you certain that’s all?’ But, well, that’s the story of my life.

There's never a lot of Brazillian football played in these games.

Personally I have not encountered racism at matches, or in clubs I have worked in, for many years.

What I loved the most about the Champions League was the games at home.

We need to remember that simply being Inter is not enough to win football matches.

I watch loads of football; whenever I am not playing, I am at home watching matches, including the English league.

I don't think the qualifying fixtures excite people. They're games against countries that we are expected to beat, rightly so, and then how many we score dictates whether it's a good performance or not.

I miss training for football and I miss playing matches.

I don't actually watch many shows. I will either watch movies or football. I enjoy to watch games in the Premier League and will also watch movies a lot as well. That is how I relax.

English football pleases me a lot. It's the most keenly contested.

I know British stadiums from my time with Barcelona and Villarreal. The atmosphere is phenomenal, and my first match at Anfield will be very emotional.

Le Championnat is very balanced and of high quality. There are teams like Monaco, Marseille, and Lyon but also Lille, Nice, and Toulouse, who are strong.

Arsenal-Chelsea games can go either way. They are always competitive and physical and really good games technically.

The Merseyside derby games are unique in the city.

At United, my United, we had been honed into a ruthless team who played great football but, ultimately, were there to win football matches and league titles. At Newcastle, they could certainly play on their day, and the crowd was formidable, but there was a weakness - a vulnerability that you could seek out.

We enjoy playing matches; that's why we play football.

For the last decade, the last 50 years, Barcelona dominate football matches. I love the way they play.

There is always pressure on managers at whatever stage of a season because we want to be winning games and we want to be winning football matches.

You have to win football matches, and if you don't, you allow people to criticise you.

I have good memories and bad memories of games against Chelsea. All the goals are good memories because all of them are special.

Going to Cardiff was a really good experience for me. I managed to get quite a few games under my belt at Premier League level, which was good, and I feel like I've come back a better player.

When I started watching matches, it was those of Marseille. After that, it was Lyon. I went to see them all the time in the league or the Champions League with my dad.