John Motson Quotes

#1. Defoe was level and anyone who says otherwise is picking hairs

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#2. That shot might not have been as good as it might have been.

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

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#4. The World Cup is a truly International event.

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#5. The unexpected is always likely to happen.

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

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

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

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

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#10. Arsene Wenger has got to unlock the purse strings

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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#19. There is still nothing on the proverbial scoreboard.

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

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#21. 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.

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

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#23. The game is balanced in Arsenal's favour.

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

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#25. 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.

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