You need to get your game better and better because the teams you face towards end of the Champions League or FA Cup are usually stronger as well. With experience from last season where we were the only team who took Paris St-Germain to penalties and very close to elimination from the Champions League. But in the end they took them better than us, so these are the margins we are talking about. "It's a good example of a game you are unlucky with the refereeing decision but you still win it. There was a player [Alexis Mac Allister] on the floor with four stitches needed and the referee didn't stop the game."

Source: BBC January 16, 2026 09:12 UTC