When you beat Arsenal, they are a good three points.

The first time I saw Giggsy, he was playing for Salford Boys against United's apprentices. He was thin and wiry but he just glided past four of our apprentices as if they weren't even there, then he put the ball in the back of the net. I just thought 'This kid's an absolute natural'

In a way, certain sections of the media always wanted to knock me because I had captained my country and been skipper at Old Trafford. It was all a bit odd really.

If we played like that every week, we wouldn't be so inconsistent.

All the stuff about being a drinking club, or having players who were not good enough, I treat as rubbish.

This is the one-off occasion and you can't get any bigger occasion than that

We're going to start the game at nil-nil and go out and try to get some goals.