The development of our relationship has been very good. I enjoy playing with Steven. He has been brilliant all season and has brought that into the tournament.

I don't know if we'd have been as dominant as we were last season. The new things, the new ideas the manager brought in everyone took them on board so well. He is special.

Deco was brilliant against Mallorca. He played like he did last season. He made some great challenges, worked really hard and made some very intelligent passes.

Every season will have its dips and hard moments, and the challenge then is to make sure you don't get too down in those moments and make sure you come back fighting.

I was always pretty good at school, but a lot of it was memorising, maybe cheating off your mates, stuff that gets you through.

We have fallen into the trap of playing too slowly this season,