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.'

He takes himself far too seriously and thinks he is very important. I don't like it when someone glorifies themself.

Goalkeeping is like extreme sports sometimes - you have to let yourself go

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

I'm a professional. I don't want people to read something about me in the tabloids going out with celebrities or whatever. It might be a bit boring but I have to give values to my children.

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

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