Quotes from Lothar Matthaus

When a game runs out of your hands is when you look for someone like Pogba to hold the team together and give them rhythm, but I feel he only plays for himself.

I had very good players around me in the team, like in the German national team. Andreas Brehme was one of my best partners in the team because he had good eyes; he could always hit the best ball.

I'm not a fan of Paul Pogba. Maybe he is a talent, but I don't see him as any more than that.

I love Paul Pogba.

You cannot always blame others if things go wrong.

Football is not only sunshine.

If you concede early against a quality team, you have to play more openly - and can get picked off.

If you are champions, you have to work harder than before.

I am not a superstar, nor do I want to be remembered as one. I have always been a team player.

Neymar doesn't need to act - he's an excellent player, and he has everything a high-level player needs. He's one of the top five players in the world; why does he need to act? It doesn't bring him sympathy, and it's not good for him.

Age is just a number when you possess real quality and a game plan.

For Guardiola, the system and tactics can change but not the approach, attitude, or philosophy.

Diego Simeone, the coach from Atletico Madrid, was a very strong player as a midfielder.

Maradona, yes! Diego was very fast, with good skills and brilliant dribbling. Many players are fast but cannot control the ball, but he was amazing.

I was certainly no Maradona. I was a very fast player. When I saw a space, I used it. When I went past somebody, he didn't catch up with me again. I was a player who came with a run-up. What Maradona could see in a small space, I saw over long distances.

Raheem Sterling is a danger to every defence because of his pace and technique. If you let him go one against one, you are in trouble. He has that speed with the ball at his feet to make a difference.

Sancho is a player who has everything. He has fantastic speed, great technique, a good eye for his colleagues, and that key pass. Everything he does, he pulls off at high speed at the right moment. For me, he is a perfect player. The ability he has is instinctive, natural. You cannot teach that brilliance.

Dele Alli doesn't have to show me or anyone else anything - because he has already proved his quality.

At Wembley, everything is bigger, wider; the atmosphere is different.

Footballers have to help each other out. Everybody must give his best in pursuit of common goals - not individual ones. This has been the German approach through our football history.

Guardiola likes footballers who can pass the ball, who have eyes for the best position and the right runs.

Bayern fulfilled every wish, no matter what Guardiola wanted: the players, the coaches, and even the doctors. He caused much disturbance off the field. But he is one of the best coaches on the planet.

When teams train now, it is about what they do with the ball and, if they lose it, how quickly they press to win it back.

Muller is a winner for Germany and expects to score big goals in big games, especially with his late runs from behind the striker.