Football Unpredictability Quotes

Let me tell you what it is like playing against Messi. You are up against a footballer who can take the ball either side of you, and you have no idea which side that might be from any hint about his body-shape.

Everyone is beatable, many things are possible in football. We have often seen this.

Sometimes the logic of football has no value at all.

It's a very strange league, the Championship, because on any given match day, any team can beat any other team.

The ball is round, the game is long.

Of course the Premier League is the most difficult league in the world because it's so even. I think you can't really compare other leagues with the Premier League. In the Premier League, every team can beat every team, and in football, that's something where you can have surprises.

I have come to know well that fates are fickle in the business of English football. And I feel that I have pushed mine well past the limit.

In a match between Barca and Madrid, there are no favourites. It does not matter how they have been faring.

Nonsensical decisions are made all the time in football and then really sensible decisions are made all the time. It really is the maddest business but everyone knows that. We all love it.

That's the English Premier League. You can win against the best teams and then lose against the last.

Sometimes in football you deserve to win but lose. Other times you deserve to lose or draw but you win. That is the game, and it's why I've always said you should never try to predict anything in football, especially in Europe.