Quotes By Mark Lawrenson

To be a great game, one of the teams has to score first.

These managers all know their onions and cut their cloth accordingly.

If you're a goalkeeper, it doesn't matter what you save the ball with - if you keep it out, it's not a goal.

Figo is as important to England as Beckham is.

My feeling is unless they've somebody lined up and they are convinced he is going to be better than Brian, I think their decision has been made in haste.

England are numerically outnumbered in the midfield.

Michael Owen isn't the tallest of lads, but his height more than makes up for that.

It's sometimes easier to defend a one goal lead than a two goal lead.

Exeter City's trip to Old Trafford will be a great day for their fans but that is about it - they won't get the result they want against Manchester United.

Arguably, Blackburn have got the best forward line in the Premiership. There's no denying that.

Bolton are an established team in the Premiership these days and well respected by the other sides.

The longer the game went on, you got the feeling that neither side really wanted to lose.

If Plan A fails, they could always revert to Plan A.