“Robbie Di Matteo did what he always did and put up a list of the opposing team's top scorers.
Usually, the list would read something along the lines of Rooney - 22 goals; Van Persie - 15 and so on."
"When the Barcelona list went up, sure enough, in third place was Xavi on 14, in equal second place were Sánchez and Fàbregas on 15, but we all just laughed when the top scorer came up on the screen - Messi on ... 63 goals, 14 in the Champions League alone!"
“But 63 that season? It was such a ridiculous figure that we looked at each other in disbelief and laughed - what else could we do? I even took a picture of the number because it was so outrageous.”
