THEY SAID IT...

“There’s so many moments we didn’t score the goals and didn’t dominate the opponent correctly, and we lost the game on penalties. But like we always say, you try and score and play until the fat lady sings and today she sang for the opposition.”

Kaizer Chiefs coach Cavin Johnson after his side were knocked out in the first round of the Nedbank Cup by unknown Milford FC.

“In my 20 years, this is easily the most special trophy. I couldn’t care less about my legacy. I was not here to create one. This was so special. What happened here was absolutely insane, these things are not possible. The team, a squad, an academy full of character. I am so proud I could be part of that tonight. The craziest thing is, we deserved it. We had lucky moments, they had lucky moments. The boys showed up, it was really cool.”

Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp after he played several of Liverpool’s academy “kids” and beat Chelsea 1-0 after extra time in the League Cup final. Chelsea have spent

over a billion Pounds on players in the last 20 months.

“The club made a decision. We players have to show our responsibility to the manag- er, our responsibility to the club, and give everything we have for the season. We knew as players we haven’t been perform- ing as well as we can. You can’t just sit there and talk about it. You have to fight and work hard at every moment.”

Harry Kane has called on his Bayern Munich teammates to step up after it was an- nounced that coach Thomas Tuchel will leave the Bundesliga giants at the end of the season.

“Frenkie de Jong plays soccer like a post- man. He takes too long to pass the ball forward, instead he keeps running with it and takes it to his teammates. Once you get away from your opponent, you have to keep the ball moving and pass the ball.”

What Dutch midfielder Rafael van der Vaart, who now works as a pundit on television, thinks of his Barcelona compatriot.