Of the nine red cards this season we probably deserved half of them.
I think we live in a very competitive world, and I love competition.
It is always a danger when you have a big game ahead, but there is only one way to prepare well for our Champions League game – and that is to do well tomorrow. Therefore, I feel there is a lot at stake for us tomorrow. It is a massive game for us.
Thierry Henry could take the ball in the middle of the park and score a goal that no one else in the world could score.
Gerard is an open-minded and passionate man. I am the opposite: stubborn and stupid. But sometimes stupid behaviour makes you win.
If I left I would feel a deserter – like the guy who walks away from the army once there is a war. I am highly committed to this club. I love what I do here and love the spirit of the team.
We have tried to get closer to them, but we never copied anybody, we always tried to play our football.
I am, of course, delighted but there was never any doubt about Sol staying.
The best football players in the world still earn very little money compared to people who really earn money.
In some ways England is more liberal than France, but I also find it more intrusive. But when you go abroad you have to accept the ways of where you live. I have to respect that.
In a competitive world, not everybody can follow the pace; you will leave people out. We now accept that we must take care of these people. You cannot let them die in the streets; people will not accept it. And that is right, too.
English players are as easy to coach. The problem is that the Premier League has the best players in the world, and statistically not all of them can be born in England. But we don’t have enough English players: we are working very hard on it.
The moral values I’ve learnt in my life I’ve learnt through football.
The real revelation of a player’s character is not in his social life but in how he plays. In my social life I can hide my real personality.
I think in the future we need to look at our youth department to provide more players for the first team think it is important for a club to have a good amount of players that have roots with the club and region.
If somebody stamps on your head in that way, you wouldn’t say, ‘thank you very much’ and turn the other cheek. Only Jesus Christ did that.
If you want to win a horse race, you need your horse to be 100%.
Messi’s like a PlayStation. He can take advantage of every mistake we make. He made the impossible possible. He has something exceptional. He has six or seven years in front of him, touchwood that nothing happens to him, and he can reach unbelievable levels.
I know how important it is to have a helping hand.
I don’t kick dressing room doors, or the cat – or even journalists.