If something happens for one season, for me, it is a coincidence. Twice, we can start talking about it.
— Michael Laudrup
When things aren't going well, it's very easy to blame the coaching staff.
The Copa del Rey is a two-legged match, but it is an important game like every other.
That is one of the problems big teams face - their rivals always take the field very motivated, and I say this from experience.
Yes, in 1983, I had the opportunity to sign for Liverpool.
Of course money is important - to say it is not in football would be a lie. But to find a good player with potential for a small amount of money and then to develop him in the group is a great pleasure for a manager and for a club.
You can't play with fear in football. There is a lot of respect - you have respect for everybody, the ones on top and the bottom - but never fear.
The biggest clubs in Europe, whether they be Barcelona, Madrid, Manchester United, or Chelsea, always want to win, whatever they are participating in.
It's easier to change the manager than all the players. It's never easy to choose who should be in the dugout.
For me to be speaking of the referees, then you know it must be something big.
I think there are a lot of great strikers in Europe.
The Messi of the early years was a phenomenon, but he always wanted to finish off the move. Now he goes past one, two, or three players and is happy to give an assist to a team-mate - it makes him more dangerous and more difficult to stop than ever before.
If you lose a player who scores seven, eight, or nine goals, you have to find another one.
When you're struggling, especially mentally, it's only the team who can bring you out of that situation. It's not one or two players.
The Copa del Rey is a different competition. It is football in its purest form and is different from the continuity of the league.
I do not like to use a player solely to make a member of the opposing team, for one simple reason: when we cannot retrieve the ball, we are forced to defend with ten men, giving the opponents an advantage.
I don't think people can imagine a Liverpool team without Gerrard. It is like Raul at Real Madrid and Puyol at Barcelona. They are a rare breed, these types of players.
At Brondby, we had Daniel Agger, who came up from the youth. He had two years in the team, and then we sold him to Liverpool for nearly £7 million, which is a lot of money in Denmark. As a manager, that gives you even greater satisfaction that winning something as a player.
Michu and Van Persie are similar. They look alike. They are both tall, left-footed players. They are not fast, but they know when to make the runs.
