WHAT THEY SAID

JOSE MOURINHO Manchester United manager

“This tragedy obviously takes happiness from our achievement. If we could, we would change the people’s lives for this cup immediately. We wouldn’t think twice.

“In a bad season, in a season where sometimes I felt my team is the worst in the world and I am the worst manager in the world, we won three trophies. And go to the Champions League by winning a trophy, not by finishing second or third or fourth.

“The season was the victory of pragmatism and the people who respect the opponent and try to exploit the opponents’ weakness.

“The win was based on pragmatism and humble principles. Not poets.”

PAUL POGBA Scored the first goal

“We know things like this are very sad, all over the world. We had to focus, it was very important. We won for Manchester, we worked for them, for the country. We play for England, for Manchester and for the people who died.”

ANDER HERRERA Man of the match

“I want to dedicate this to the victims. This is just football but what happened two days ago was horrible. We want peace in the world; a normal world with respect. We are just football players but we have an audience so we want to work together for a normal world.

“This happened in Manchester but everywhere we need to have a united world to fight for peace.”