Ron Atkinson Quotes

Huddersfield will want to win this one.

Beckenbauer has really gambled all his eggs.

Chelsea are the team who can break the Arsenal and Manchester United monopoly.

His head just disappeared into his shoulders.

Our fans have been branded with the same brush.

I'm going to make a prediction - it could go either way.

On another night, they'd have won 2-2.

Jari Litmanen should be made compulsory.

He's the equivalent of the Spanish David Beckham.

That's not the type of header you want to see your defender make, with his hand.

How are they defensively, attacking-wise?

At international level, giving the ball away doesn't work too often.

There's a few tired limbs in the blue legs.

Someone in the England team will have to grab the ball by the horns.

Liverpool will think 'we could have won this 2-2'

He sliced the ball when he had it on a plate.

They've come out at half time and gone bang.

I would also think that the replay showed it to be worse than it actually was.

They must go for it now as they have nothing to lose but the match.

Lee Dixon will be up against two South American left-handers tonight.

Zero-zero is a big score.

I think that was a moment of cool panic there.

Yordi circumnavigated Ledley King there.

They've certainly grown, the Japanese. I mean grown in stature, playing-wise.

A ten-foot keeper really should have stopped that.

You know when I say that things happen in matches? Well, it just happened there.

Scholes and Van Nistelrooy drugged the last two defenders.

He had acres of time there.

They scored too early.

This is the best Man United have played in Europe this season and, conversely, the opposition has been excellent.

I'm afraid they've left their legs at home.

Their forward got a lucky squeeze from the defender.

I just wanted to give my players some technical advice. I told them the game had started.

Moreano thought that the full back was gonna come up behind and give him one really hard.

All I do know is that I'll never be able to achieve what Tommy Docherty did, and that is take Aston Villa into the third division and Manchester United into the second division

You don't want to be giving away free-kicks in the penalty area.

The ball goes down the keeper's throat where it hits him on the knees to say the least.

They are playing above the ground.

Heskey needs to punch his own weight.

His white boots were on fire against Arsenal, and he'll be looking for them to reproduce tonight.

For me their biggest threat is when they get into the attacking part of the field.

I never comment on referees and I'm not going to break the habit of a lifetime for that prat.

There's a little triangle - five left-footed players.

Stoichkov's playing on the wing, in this situation he likes to come in and scalp the centre-half.

If you score against the Italians you deserve a goal.

He must be lightning slow.

Well, Clive, it's all about the two Ms - movement and positioning.

There's nobody fitter at his age, except maybe Raquel Welch.