Derby match Quotes

Every derby match is different, just like every season is different.

There are two things I will always remember. First, a shot against Derby that hit the inside of the post but didn't go in, and we could only draw 2-2. And then the really big chance against Bayer Leverkusen, two minutes from the end of the Champions League semi-final, when I shot over the bar. That hurt a lot.

It doesn't matter how young or old you are, and whatever jersey you wear, you realise the derby games prick up the hairs on the backs of people's necks.

A derby is a derby. When you play a derby, it is for winning, not just to play.

The Manchester Derby is bigger and more important than El Classico.

Merseyside derbies usually last 90 minutes and I'm sure today's won't be any different.

Marcel Desailly was pretty hard when I played against him in a Milan derby.

But there is always that unpredictability about a derby match and that's what it was today.

I kind of press pause when it's a derby, and the season doesn't matter to me anymore; it's all about the derby.

That was always special, playing Manchester United. I loved the feeling of the derby, that pressure, the atmosphere around it. And I did have some good matches there, didn't I?

Playing in the Manchester derby definitely helped me.

Juventus versus Milan is always a classic.

Every derby is special, especially the atmosphere on the stands.

The derby is always the most important match of the year and it's always nice to score goals against the leaders and the best teams.

The Manchester derby, for our supporters, is the most important game in the season. Always, a few days before the game, the people create that atmosphere that is special to them.

The derby d'Italia is a very difficult match, five out of five on the scale.

A hat trick in a derby is a special thing.

I really enjoyed my first Istanbul derby.

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