Quotes from Jamie Carragher

Del Bosque was axed by Madrid for failing to retain the Champions League in 2003 but his sacking triggered the start of a spell when they won nothing for four years and failed to get beyond the Champions League's last 16.

Has there ever been a Premier League star splitting opinion more than Mesut Ozil?

I always think when you're in the Champions League, as a player, as a fan now, you're in that to come up against the biggest teams and the biggest names - that's what you want.

We sometimes undervalue the importance of goalkeepers.

Real Madrid is such an extraordinary club in terms of size and the constant politics that, perhaps, the best results are achieved by those with an ability to remove themselves from the spotlight to concentrate on their work.

I've seen plenty of young lads elevated into the senior squad acting like they have made it.

Why does it get assumed that Zidane is a figurehead and everything Real achieve is down to the talent of the squad?

I always wanted to be a one-club man, I always wanted to play for Liverpool. If I had gone out of the team in my twenties or early thirties I would've left because I love playing football.

There is pressure, and I would never complain about that, but as players we put pressure on ourselves all the time. That's one thing I won't miss when I finally stop playing.

You can shape statistics to make them look however you want them to.

People make relegation out to be a fate worse than death but that's nonsense. If the infrastructure is right, clubs can bounce back.

Normally in the past whenever Everton have beaten Liverpool, the accusation was that they wanted it a little bit more.

I've been in the position where Liverpool needed to win on the last day to reach the Champions League. In May 2000, we needed to beat Bradford, who were fighting to avoid relegation, at Valley Parade but lost an awful game 1-0.

I never wanted anybody to think that I deliberately hurt opponents. The vast majority of players are the same.

People talk about managers having certain styles and philosophies... well, Benitez manages by conflict. Look right through his career and you will see it everywhere.

We talk about the Arsenal 'Invincibles' of 2004 and the team who won the Double two years earlier and drool over their attacking play. It is easy to forget, though, that virtually the same squad had won nothing for three years.

Arsene Wenger is a legend in the English game.

Xabi embraced life in Liverpool.

Learning to be a Liverpool player comes with experience.

I've played for Liverpool's first-team pretty much every week for 16 years.

Not playing for Liverpool would hurt me more than not playing for England.

There are times when I watch Jurgen Klopp leaping around after Liverpool have scored and I think to myself: 'I wish that was me.'

Managers are never appreciated when they're in the job.

The two managers I worked under longest are Gerard Houllier and Rafa Benitez. I have so much respect for the two of them.