It was the hardest decision of his coaching career so I accepted that I should be No 1 and that was it

I made two mistakes at the beginning of the season. But I saw Manuel Almunia making mistakes as well, so sometimes you don't know what the thoughts of the coach are.'

To be sitting on the bench behind somebody who only started to play when he was 30 is not funny.

When I see Almunia's performances, I get angry and have to make a fist in my pocket

At the moment I'm just swallowing it all as part of the humiliation but I think - and this is aimed at my dear manager - one shouldn't humiliate players for too long

If I have a lot of adrenaline in my body, that is helpful because I feel less pain

It was the hardest decision of his coaching career so I accepted that I should be No 1 and that was it