WORLDSPORTS
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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 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
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
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
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
Gerrard
the field.
Steven Gerrard on foreign players
in the domestic game
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