John Motson Quotations

The match has become quite unpredictable, but it still looks as though Arsenal will win the cup

And Seaman, just like a falling oak, manages to change direction.

It looks like a one man show here, although there are two men involved.

The World Cup is a truly international event.

Its Arsenal 0 - Everton 1, and the longer it stays like that the more you've got to fancy Everton.

Brazil - they're so good it's like they are running round the pitch playing with themselves.

Nearly all the Brazilian supporters are wearing yellow shirts - it's a fabulous kaleidoscope of colour.

The goals made such a difference to the way this game went

Not the first half you might have expected, even though the score might suggest that it was

That shot might not have been as good as it might have been

There is still nothing on the proverbial scoreboard.

I think this could be our best victory over Germany since the war.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for these players. Well, twice in a lifetime if you count the first match.

For those of you watching in black and white, Spurs are in the all-yellow strip.

Owen scores and breaks Lineker's competitive scoring record. Although this being a friendly it doesn't actual count, so he hasn't quite done it yet.

Northern Ireland are ten minutes away from their finest victory. There's 15 minutes to go here.

Ruud Gullit was able to impose his multi-lingual skills on this match.

Northern Ireland were in white, which was quite appropriate because three inches of snow had to be cleared from the pitch before kick off

The Czech Republic are coming from behind in more than one way now.

The unexpected is always likely to happen.

Defoe was level and anyone who says otherwise is picking hairs

And I suppose they [Spurs] are nearer to being out of the FA Cup now than any other time since the first half of this season, when they weren't ever in it anyway.

In a sense it's a one-man show... except there are two men involved, Hartson and Berkovic, and a third man, the goalkeeper.

Gary Lineker has now scored 37 goals. That is precisely twice as many as last year.

The game is balanced in Arsenal's favour.

Arsene Wenger has got to unlock the purse strings