If you're going to go down, it needs to be because your opponent has created the situation, not you. — Chris Sutton Copy Share Image
True fans stay in the stadium through thick and thin, and get behind their team. — Chris Sutton Copy Share Image
My old strike partner Alan Shearer was like that: just brutal in his finishing. — Chris Sutton Brutal Copy Share Image
Spurs have fallen into a habit of hiring pragmatic managers when fans want to be entertained. — Chris Sutton Copy Share Image
Hitting the ball when it is coming across your body and dropping from height is one of the most difficult techniques in… — Chris Sutton Body Copy Share Image
United are a club with the highest expectations. Always have been. Always will be. — Chris Sutton Copy Share Image
You can be confident in your fortress, but if your team are not going to match that intensity when away, you're in… — Chris Sutton Confidence Copy Share Image
Some footballers develop reputations for rolling around, diving, flopping, dropping. But Messi is different. If he wants to keep the ball and… — Chris Sutton Copy Share Image
Rudiger loves a physical battle as much as any centre back I've ever seen. He will take that as a compliment, I'm… — Chris Sutton Battle Copy Share Image
Roy Hodgson's appetite to want to work at the age of 75 is admirable. Roy was my manager at Blackburn in 1997-98… — Chris Sutton Copy Share Image
When you think of the great names on the list of England's all-time top scorers, for Harry Kane to sit clear of… — Chris Sutton Achievement Copy Share Image
If you don't press as a unit, it doesn't work because the opposition spend all week on the training ground practising how… — Chris Sutton Fitness Copy Share Image
Chelsea sold me to Celtic for 6m after a single season. But I took Gianluca's teachings with me and one of my… — Chris Sutton Copy Share Image
If Ben White is refusing to represent England because of a grudge, he will regret this stance at the end of his… — Chris Sutton Career Copy Share Image
There has never been a better time for a footballer to come out and say 'I am gay.' Fellow footballers would certainly… — Chris Sutton Copy Share Image
There's no one better than Jack Grealish at leaving a leg back to initiate contact. He's a master manipulator in that way. — Chris Sutton Copy Share Image
Strikers remember the opportunities they missed as much as the ones they took. — Chris Sutton Copy Share Image
I admire Maguire for the way he persevered to force his way back into Erik ten Hag's line-up. — Chris Sutton Copy Share Image
As someone who headed home his fair share of goals, I would have loved to play with a winger like Mbappe. — Chris Sutton Fair share Copy Share Image
Nagelsmann's brand of football is possession-based, as seen at RB Leipzig and Bayern Munich. — Chris Sutton Bayern munich Copy Share Image
Postecoglou has an aura about him. He's bullish. He's strong. He has his specific way of playing and he sticks to it. — Chris Sutton Copy Share Image
When defenders are up against top-class attackers, you really find out what they're made of. — Chris Sutton Copy Share Image
Football should learn from rugby. There, only the captain can speak to the referee. That seems a good solution to me. — Chris Sutton Copy Share Image
It does happen in football that when one team goes in front, the other comes back at them and has a go. — Chris Sutton Copy Share Image
Where we see Premier League defenders, Salah sees those little orange cones that you use on the training field. — Chris Sutton Fitness Copy Share Image
I had a mix of managers - Roy Hodgson was always calm in his technical area at Blackburn. Conte is the opposite. — Chris Sutton Copy Share Image
I like Jurgen Klopp's passion. His air punching. His infectious smile. — Chris Sutton Copy Share Image
The Premier League is recognised as the best league in World football. — Chris Sutton Copy Share Image
I loved all of my goals, even one for Aston Villa that I am not entirely sure I touched. — Chris Sutton Copy Share Image
Postecoglou is all about hard work, intensity, bravery on the ball and trusting the process - his process. — Chris Sutton Bravery Copy Share Image
Haaland's left foot can be used as a sledgehammer, or he can use it to dink a delicate chip into the back… — Chris Sutton Copy Share Image
My dad was always driving me on when I was a young person - he was a huge inspiration. — Chris Sutton Copy Share Image
I know I played with head injuries. My career finished with one. I wish there had been a procedure in place to… — Chris Sutton Head injuries Copy Share Image
We had a strange mentality at Norwich in 1992-93. We didn't let defeats bother us, and that is probably why we were… — Chris Sutton Failure Copy Share Image
Premier League players have always been heroes to youngsters. They will mimic their movements, copy their celebrations, pop their collar up like… — Chris Sutton Copy Share Image
I love watching Saka. The ball is glued to his foot. Just when you think, 'nah, there's no way he gets out… — Chris Sutton Copy Share Image
After training, Gianluca would stay behind to do one-on-one sessions. Sometimes our focus was on my finishing. Sometimes the runs I should… — Chris Sutton Copy Share Image
The lack of support from English football authorities for the families of ex-players - like mine - who have suffered, or are… — Chris Sutton Copy Share Image
Football has moved on since the days when my sweaty, stinky, grass-stained Norwich shirt would be washed in time for me to… — Chris Sutton Copy Share Image
