It's always a special game when you play against your previous club.
— Georginio Wijnaldum
If you want to compete for the Premier League title, you need to win ugly sometimes.
Anfield comes alive on big European nights.
I saw Spurs as being a very good fit for me - but we were unable to agree financial terms with them... With hindsight, though, that was not a disaster.
You have better players and teams in England, and for myself, it is better to play in a better league against better players.
At a club like Liverpool, you have to win everything possible, and you have to play for both - the Premier League and the Champions League.
As a football player, you must have a big ego to respect yourself. So if you are a good player, you must say that you are good. You need to have the confidence.
At Newcastle, I was playing in the No 10 position but also in midfield as a left winger.
You will not create a lot of chances in every game, but if you stop the opponent getting chances, you will win more.
We play for Liverpool. It is always our intention to win. All the players here want to compete at the top and win. The manager does not have to say to us, 'We want to win a trophy.'
Of course I want to score.
If you are busy with a good performance, something you can control, then the chance to win the game is much bigger.
In a year, you can learn a lot.
You will always learn from games. But every game is not the same, not the same emotion.
As a player, you want to play a lot of games.
I wanted to be a gymnast when I was young - I used to do backflips and all those things in the street and at home - but my grandma said it was dangerous and made me stop.
Every game is a new game, and anything can happen.
I was only one year at Newcastle, but that time there meant a lot to me. I met some great people who helped me to play good games in the Premier League, and it was because of them I got the move to Liverpool.
Some games don't go the way you want them to go, but you still have to find a way to win.
I only worked with Rafa Benitez for a short time, but he's a great manager, and he showed it from the first moment he came. He worked with the players and made us a better team. He's a good person, always trying to help players out.
Pochettino is a terrific manager if you look at the way his teams play.
I want to play in a stronger league than the Eredivisie.
I like Liverpool. I like the club, and I like the fans. The people appreciate me. That's the most important thing.
I don't think it's wrong to have a big ego. Sometimes a big ego can help you also.
I think if you think that far ahead about the first four, or to be champions, that is something you cannot control. You can control the training, and then the performance will come game by game, and do not think that far ahead.
No team can play really good in 50 games. During the season, you will not play that well all the time.
During the season, you have to grow.
I've always scored through the years, no matter who I've played for.
It doesn't matter who you play - you can win against anyone; you can lose against anyone.
Van Gaal is a teacher, pays attention to everything you do, but Hiddink is more linked to the players. He gives more freedom than Van Gaal, but I worked with both of them pretty well.
You can lose games, but when you look back on the games you lose, you must be, 'Okay, we lost, but we did everything to win it.'
For Feyenoor,d the biggest game is Ajax, but if Sparta are going to play for the title, then that will be the biggest game. It depends how both teams are doing.
The most important thing is to enjoy football because you don't know how long your career is going to last, but it is difficult when things don't go well.
You want to be able to look back and feel you were part of Liverpool's great history - win something here, and they will always remember you.
If you don't win games, it's difficult to enjoy and see the fun in football.
What I loved the most about the Champions League was the games at home.
From the moment I first spoke with him, I knew that I wanted to join Liverpool. I fell for Klopp - hook, line, and sinker.
Everything is possible in football.
I remember my last game for Newcastle in the pre-season, when their fans were singing that they wanted me to stay, but when the opportunity came to play for a great club like Liverpool with such a great history, I had to take it. I hope they understand why I made that choice to go to Liverpool.
I'm quite a shy person, but I know I'm a good football player. That's just the way I am. That's the way I grew up. My grandmother brought me up, and she is the same way. She's understated, but she knows what she's worth.
I can play in a lot of different positions; I can do a lot of things.
In the Premier League, almost everyone is difficult to beat; it depends on how you begin a game and how you play in the game.
The more you are together as a team, the better you become.
He gave me a lot of confidence because he said he liked my way of playing football. He said I was a person he really wanted to have in his squad. Something like that is always good to hear. It made me happy, especially as it came from such a great trainer like Jurgen Klopp. He showed how good he is at Dortmund with all the success he had.
Liverpool is a great club.
Every opponent in the Premier League is a warning.
I was sad when Van Gaal left the national team, but I was also sad when Hiddink left.
PSG wanted to sign me. For me, it was confirmation that I am on the right track and was in a good spell. My heart told me I had to stay at PSV where I still have things to achieve.
Every game is different.
You always have to put pressure on an opponent.
