Gerard Houllier
Gerard Houllier
Gérard Houllier OBE, is a French football manager. His past clubs include Paris Saint-Germain, RC Lens and Liverpool, with whom he won the FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup in 2001. He then guided Olympique Lyonnais to two French titles, before announcing his resignation on 25 May 2007. He became manager of Aston Villa in September 2010, before stepping down in June 2011 following frequent hospitalisation over heart problems. He also coached the French national team between 1992 and...
advantage deserved dip dominated maybe minutes second took
I wouldn't think we deserved to lose. We dominated but had a dip in maybe 15 or 20 minutes in the second half, and they took advantage of that.
english good luck manager wished
I wished him good luck. He's a good manager and his English is better than I thought.
points
Objectively, with 15 points to be distributed, it's won.
affected cent loss main nearly per team
Nearly every team would be affected by the loss of their main players. They have scored 70 per cent of our goals.
ambition biggest rival stay win
Lyon's biggest rival is Lyon itself. We need to stay vigilant. Our ambition is to win the treble.
ability against final leadership quality skill technical throughout
Throughout the tournament, as well as in the final against Portugal, he showed leadership quality and skill and technical ability as well as his character.
forward sure
We need to be much better going forward that's for sure. I'm not sure what happened. I know we can do much better offensively.
chances clear creating ended great net second shame three
We had a great second half, creating two or three clear chances to find the net and it's a shame it ended in a draw.
fast
We did not play as fast as we wanted too in the first half. We had to concentrate and that's what we did.
cannot luck
You cannot say it is a mistake, it is just the luck of football.
good playing problem proved results score
We have good results away so far. And we proved that we don't have any problem to score even when we are not playing at home.
ball control finalist last level minutes played realistic terms
Two minutes from the end, we should have been more realistic and more efficient. We were on level terms with last year's finalist and played the better football. For the (second) goal, the ball bounced back when it could have bounced out. You can't control things like that.
bad good great match prepare
It wasn't a great match but it's a good result. This isn't a bad way to prepare for Tuesday.
attacking defensive
It was not only spectacular but also emotionally intense. It had all the ingredients of defensive and attacking play. It had everything.