Patrick Vieira Quotations

Naturally, I'm delighted to have scored but the most important thing was that we won, ... We played the perfect match, controlling the result from start to finish.

But beyond that I'll be thinking only of winning.

France are not at their best at the moment,

I don't think we're overrated, ... But we can play better, that is for sure. We must do so to win the Euro.

He is simply exceptional. He is always there at exceptional moments.

It is a big disappointment for me to miss those games in what is a very important week for the club,

It is exciting because Keane is someone I really respect. He is one of the best players in his position so it should be a nice One v One.

who plays a lot on intimidation but he's come to the wrong address with me because I'm like him on that level.

We can win everything, we have a complete team and all the players are at a good level.

Those who believed we could score four goals against them were wrong. All the teams have improved and they all want to beat France. It's difficult every time now.

When you play for a team for nine years you can't not be emotional. I enjoyed many good moments in that stadium. I expect to get a warm welcome from the fans.

Blackburn started really quite well but we responded and proved how strong we are. Robin came on and scored two fantastic goals.

Thierry likes to drop very deep and then make his runs,

They are a side who have improved a lot recently. They have a couple of good players who are capable of making a difference.

It's his bad knee so we will see how he is in the morning.

David is more central, he moves less and it is easier to pick him out.

They will try to intimidate us and the more one-on-one physical duels that we can win the better it will be for us.

I'm really confident about this season as we have a great squad here, with great team spirit and fantastic talent. I really believe we'll go from strength to strength.

I know that maybe I wasn't at my best over the last two years but each time my form has dipped I've been capable of pulling myself back up again, ... The biggest difference I've noticed here so far is the pressure, the expectations on you. I think that is good for me.

I guess I am more like a vice-captain now,

Ireland and Switzerland are two teams who play good football,

I have talked about that in the past. I am here to talk about the game.

I categorically deny sending any such text message. It's simply not true.

I don't think the other teams are better than us. We have to look at ourselves and try to improve. The only way we can do that is to work harder and harder. I am sure that will come.

He's not totally wrong but on the other hand it's easy to say negative things from the outside.

The two yellows were very severe. What was important was the three points.

It's normal that people expect more from the French team,

The ties that I have here were too strong to break.

I would never play in England in another shirt other than Arsenal's.

Thierry is the best striker in the world. By far he's the best in the world. Thierry doesn't just score goals. Even when he's not having a good day he can make an important pass. He is a strong character. If things go wrong, he bounces straight back. His effect on the club is very big.