“Listen, Ruud van Nistelrooy used to come in the changing room, trust me, after a game, we’re trying to win the league and we come in, we’ve beaten someone 3 or 4-1, he’s scored one goal, come in, looks up to the TV, [sighs], sits down – ‘Ruud, you alright? What’s wrong?’.
“And then someone would go ‘Thierry scored two today and Ruud only scored one so obviously he’s like a goal behind now’.
“He’s sitting there devastated and I used to sit there and think ‘This guy’s made, we’ve just won 3 or 4-1, he’s scored a banger, set someone up as well, but he’s disappointed’.
“That’s the drive you want, that’s the determination, that’s the single-mindedness you need if you want to be at the top.
