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" For a young player like me, it is good to play for a club that can get to the semi-finals because one of the reasons I play football is for these big games. "

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" I'm not a top-five player yet. Maybe I'm close to it, but I still have to work on some aspects. You can only be part of that group if you are decisive in the top games. "

" For the strikers, we have more freedom, and even when we lose the ball, if we press together, we can get it back, and it is good system for Chelsea. "

" I try to be this kind of player: the type who does something whenever he gets the ball. Sometimes in the past, I've gone through games where I've not touched the ball for 20 or 30 minutes. "

" For me, it's easier to play with my right foot. It's simple. If I go right, I see Diego and have different solutions: I go alone or pass to Diego, or the midfield can join in. If I go the other way, the cross with my left foot is not good. "

" When I get the ball with my back to goal, I like to be in touching contact. I need to feel the guy. He will try to take the ball, and I will go past him. "

" You question yourself all the time as a footballer. You have to focus on the positives. "

" My first trophy in France was the Young Player of the Year. I was 17. Chelsea is not just one player. It is not only me. We have signed a lot of players. Now we have some good signings like Cesc Fabregas and Diego Costa. "

" I can still take the hits; it's not a problem for me. I accept the blows. I can take the punches like a boxer. "

" Weight training and working on being explosive helped me gain a few yards of pace. Even when I was small, I was stocky. Even if people pushed me, I managed to stay on my feet. "

" The FA Cup is something we want to win, but when you play for Chelsea, it is not something you think about a lot because you want to win every game. "

" Chelsea have made a good investment for me, but I did not put any pressure on them. "

" You want to win the games, to win trophies. "

" My target is to give everything, and only if we win the trophies will I be relaxed. "

" You mustn't smile when you lose. You have to be sad like other people. You have to win every game. "

" The first pitch I played on, for my first club, Braine-le-Comte, was only a metre from our house! I progressed very quickly. "

" We feel good. We are full of confidence. We take game after game and try to win every game. "

" If my wife was to say, 'Honey, I'd like you to go to PSG', I would have to take it into account. "

" It never became an obsession for me to score at all costs. I've always said that I'm not a big scorer, I'm a worker. "

" The directors told me they were going to recruit good players with whom I could play decent football. Marko Marin, Oscar and me, we like to have the ball at our feet. Juan Mata likes the ball; so does Ramires. "

" It is a pleasure to play under Jose Mourinho, and everything is OK. I learn every day. He is a normal coach. He speaks a lot with the players. I like it when the manager speaks a lot with you because it gives you confidence. "

" I've always said I wanted to play in England. There was a struggle between Chelsea and United, but according to me, Chelsea has the best project. "

" These days, I'm always trying to have lots of touches, to be involved, and to play my football for 90 minutes. "

" The more you play against teams and defenders, the more you get to know them. You know if they are more nervous; you know, on the pitch, people are different. I try to adapt to their character. "

" Individually, I am very happy because I can play in every game. I can be on the pitch and do what I like to do, which is play football. "

" We are professionals. We know when we're playing badly, so if you have a poor game, you work in training to put things right so form comes back. "

" I play on the left hand side, and I try to do the best I can. "

" It's true that Tottenham tempted me because it was a young team which was third in the league. "

" With Lille, we could have gone to the South of France, and people wouldn't have recognised us. But at Chelsea, the players are at another level. Everything has changed - the language, the country - but it is up to me to adapt. "

" I like it when I am in the middle; I am closer to the ball. The manager wants me to pass, to make assists, create chances, and I do more because I think the position is more central, and I don't ask all the time for the ball at my feet. "

" The future is always the same, and that is to win trophies - next season, in two and three years. "