Other clubs never came into my thoughts once I knew Arsenal wanted to sign me.

When I played in Holland, I always tried to lob the goalkeeper. People used to say, 'Oh, you're always only trying to make a nice goal'. But I said, 'Listen, if the goalie is a little bit off his line, how much space do you have on his left or right?' It's not a lot. 'And how much space do you have above him?

In Holland and Spain and France, where so many of us come from, people aren't interested in the sex lives of their players. We don't hear these stories - even in Italy where the media is right on top of football.

I don't want to lose myself in football and that's what a coach has to do to be successful.

Playing football was like being trapped in a rhythm, and my whole career was like that. You have very little time to switch off.

We're still a great team. In your mind you can understand that but, emotionally, we needed to express the same belief. We came out full of fire and scored two early goals, two really beautiful goals, and that changed everything.

You have to shoot, to want to score goals no matter how. Just score that goal! You can't be afraid to miss.