The Game! December 2013 | Page 11

WORLDSPORTS quotablequotes DECEMBER 2013 “Manchester United are in good hands with David Moyes. He will be fine. He is really a good manager. You would be throwing your 5 Ferguson money down the drain if you put any money on me coming back as a manager anytime soon.” – Alex Ferguson on ruling out his Manchester United comeback “I always believe that the sport of football is always different. I always have the same answer about the past: that’s past and now we will see about the future. It’s not actually 5 Pellegrini Guardiola against me. It’s always about the players. I don’t play against Guardiola.” Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini on Bayern Munich counterpart Pep Guardiola “That guy played No 10. He played No 7. He really played very well with the ball, as he always does. But he also played very well without the 5 Mourinho ball, which he never did. Yes, he’s coming closer to me, closer and closer. Very much closer.” Jose Mourinho on Juan Mata’s form “The first half was absolutely amazing, fantastic. I was really surprised. It had everything; the collective, individual skill 5 Wenger and perfect finishing. It was indeed everything that you dream to see when you sit in the stands watching football in earnest.” Arsene Wenger said on Arsenal’s Champions League win over Napoli “I can say that it’s a lot more difficult to break through nowadays because of a lot more foreigners on 5 Gerrard the field. Steven Gerrard on foreign players in the domestic game sports magazine t h e g a m e 9