The score is high and very brutal but does not reflect what we saw on the pitch. The first shot on goal was a goal. The second was an own goal. The third was straight after half-time. They defend like mad and they catch us on the break.

Sometimes I see it [a foul by an Arsenal player], but I say that I didn’t see it to protect the players and because I could not find any rational explanation for what they did.

Everyone thinks they have the prettiest wife at home.

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.

Sometimes now, when I watch continental games on television, I'm a bit bored. I ask, 'where is the intensity?'

If you eat caviar every day it's difficult to return to sausages.

I do not think about the national team too much because footballistically it is not of too much interest.