"The kind of thing you would be unhappy about if you were playing park football on a Sunday morning, never mind the Champions League."

- Roy Keane on his back pass which allowed Gabriel Batistuta score Fiorentina's opening goal against United on Wednesday.

"It's a little strange when you hear other great players talk like they're running for second."

- Greg Norman trying to understand the mental edge being given to the in-form Tiger Woods.

"You can have all the undersoil heating you want, but when the temperature drops to -20C there is nothing you can do."

- Owners of the Dynamo Stadium in Moscow explaining the frozen pitch which led to the postponement of Thursday's match against Leeds.