You need to have the same ideas to work as a team, to have a good team spirit. And you don't get there in a day or even a month. It takes some time to get there.

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If you have control of the midfield, you have control of the game, and you have more chances to win.

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

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

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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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