THEY SAID IT...

“Because we let ourselves down in the Nedbank Cup, we have got to make sure that every game we play from now on is a cup final. Because we also know that every team we play against plays against Chiefs as if it was a cup final. So we’ve got our work cut out for us. And we’ve just got make sure that we stand up for our game for as long as we can.”

Kaizer Chiefs interim coach Cavin Johnson on their target for the rest of the season.

“I think we talked a lot during the last days, and actually I don’t have the energy to talk about him or talk about anything.”

TS Galaxy boss Saed Ramovic on his war of words with Mamelodi Sundowns rival Rulani Mokwena.

“We have many problems now in injuries and still we had an opportunity. We could have scored the second goal. You see it is not that big (the gap). When we have everyone on board, we can be really competitive and also we showed, for instance, in the FA Cup final against them that it can be really close. But don’t forget this, City is, at the moment, the best team in the world.”

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag said there’s no gulf in class between his team and their cross-town rivals despite Sunday’s 3-1 loss.

“I was driving at the time and nearly swerved off the road.”

Eddie Howe’s reaction to Newcastle’s carcrash FA Cup draw that pits them against Manchester City.

“When I arrived at City, Brian Kidd told me: ‘Carabao Cup, don’t pay attention! Play young players, nobody cares.’ Sir Alex Ferguson was always ‘ugh, it doesn’t matter’. I don’t know what happened in the last years!”

Pep Guardiola’s thoughts on Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool’s League Cup victory celebrations. Meow!