Roberto Mancini quotes:

Barcelona players are passing the ball at least 25 times to reach the goal, while Real Madrid's Xabi Alonso is doing this all in a single pass.

A piece of football history. A unique coach [Sir Alex Ferguson], among the greatest of all-time.

We were almost getting used to playing without fans in the Champions League. Jokes aside though, I think help from our fans will be indispensable for such a big match.

It's always easy to judge from afar

I'm not Arsene Wenger. We're different. I want to win

What's the secret to such a long and happy relationship? I don't know. Maybe because I work a lot.

We certainly have to improve on our performances especially up front. It's not that the strikers are not in form, as all four of them are; they just have to be more accurate.

In football, if you don't score a goal then you cannot win.

Sometimes the choices you make are good and other times it goes the other way. I take full responsibility as coach.

Not conceding a goal at home is always important in a Cup tie. But despite that there is no doubt that this tie is still wide open.

United have more experience but we have a much better team and play much better football,