Eighty per cent of teams who score first in matches go on to win them. But they may draw some - or occasionally lose.
When you've got a mountain to climb you may as well throw everything into the kitchen sink.
Pires has got something about him, he can go both ways depending on who's facing him
He is an interesting player - short back legs.
A game is not won until it is lost.
You know sometimes football turns on the slightest biscuit of good fortune.