Leaving Liverpool was the toughest decision I had to make in football because I was in an exemplary club, a proper football club, with a lovely and sharing stadium that meant a lot of things to me. The fans are the best in the world, no doubt about that, and I was comfortable there.

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I tried to do everything just as I would before any other match, but it was impossible.

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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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Being a manager is so different to being a footballer. It's a very difficult job, but, of course, it's very exciting as well.

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

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

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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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Passion isn't something you work on. It's more important to construct a good team, to know how you are going to play, how to read the match. You have to truly understand the game.

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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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