(46 quotes found)
“This city has two great teams - Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.”
Bill Shankly
“Pyramid of piffle [no, not his views on Liverpool but a report Petronella Wyatt was his mistress]”
Boris Johnson
“To captain Liverpool in any game is special, but to do it in a final, particularly an occasion like this, would be one of the proudest nights of my life,”
Jamie Carragher
“He was still ... battling with (illness) the way he did for Liverpool and England.”
Crazy Horse
“I coached Gary for many years and I was never aware of how strongly he felt. We played Liverpool plenty of times at junior level and Gary was no more hyped up than anyone else. It was later that he started getting in bits and pieces of bother and everyone became aware of what he thinks of Liverpool.”
Eric Harrison
“Liverpool have to make sure they have a long-term business plan and the people to back that up. A stadium is an investment, not a cost. It will pay back if you get it right.”
Dan Jones
“Some people may have expected us to drop points at Liverpool or get beaten. We didn't do that, we won emphatically in the end which sends out a statement. A lot of talk comes when you're the champions. I remember back to Man United and Arsenal winning the league and people do have a go when you're top. The art of it is to be strong enough to use that to motivate and we did that. We showed our character and our strength.”
Claude Makelele
“They'll have seen Sunday's win against Liverpool as a big step towards the title. Maybe the Champions League and FA Cup are becoming more important for them. They might even put out their strongest teams in those competitions now. But we're going there with no fear. We've got a belief about us now and we want to show that.”
David Moyes
“some fifty miles from East Liverpool.”
Ted Strickland
“Our number one opponents are not Liverpool, Arsenal or Manchester United. It is ourselves at Chelsea.”
Didier Drogba
