I don't think tackling is a quality. It is a recurso, something you have to resort to, not a characteristic of your game.

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I've still got Paul Scholes' shirt at home which I swapped with him once. When I was at Liverpool he was one of the players I liked most. Maybe he's not valued as much as he should be in England because of the style of football there and because he keeps a low profile. Perhaps he would have been more valued in Spain, where midfielders like him form part of the 'ideal.' Fans in Spain rate him very highly and I admire him a huge amount.

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I accept I am going to miss playing because it's such an important part in my life. It's going to be difficult to fill that gap. Life goes on.

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I had five great years at Liverpool and I would rather just keep that memory as it is.

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I left Real Madrid for the same reason Di Maria did. We work hard but only others get the praise.

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If you win the midfield, you probably win the game. But that doesn't mean the players in the midfield are the ones alone who determine that, because now we have strikers who drop into midfield and defenders who move up into the midfield. It is the area you must dominate.

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I have been progressing throughout my career, which is a very good sign.

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We will have to go to win. There's no other option. We have one more match.

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I am still a Liverpool fan and will be forever, absolutely

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As long as we have the possibility then we still have to fight for it.

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