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.
In an 82-game season, you're going to have some dry spells where goals are harder to come by, and other times they're just going to come in bundles.
I am a firm believer that if you score one goal the other team have to score two to win.
The more goals you concede ultimately results in the bottom three, not the more goals you score.
It is never good to concede a goal; it is part of our job not to concede, just as it is part of our job to score.
If you never concede a goal, you're going to win more games than you lose.
You have to score one goal more than your opponents. That's the most important thing.
When you can score three goals without the most prolific scorer in the world, you know you have a lot of depth, and it gives you confidence.
When I was playing, I always preferred to be meeting a side like the Faroe Isles or San Marino early doors. Do things right in those games, and you knew you would get six points on the board, at least be up and running and challenging in the group.
He always scores the opening goal. Because it is one thing to score 30 goals with hat-tricks in easy wins, and another that 20 of those 30 goals are enough to win 1-0. Nobody does that as well as Diego Costa.
