He continues:
"Every striker I've had, when they're scoring, they're fantastic; when they're not scoring they feel they're not contributing at all. He's exactly the same as all the other strikers there's ever been. We've just got to weather the situation until he hits that bloody net. And we hope it's Sunday.
"I remember I went 17 games without scoring myself once. My dad used to say to me, 'You've got to hit the target. Just make sure you blast it. If the goalkeeper's got to save it, what the crowd will be saying is, "What a great save that was".' That's why I say to all strikers, 'Make sure you blast 'em'. I've said that to Ruud. 'Blast it. Don't mess about. Just hit them'. If it hits the goalkeeper's kneecap, or head, it doesn't matter. If you try and slip it past the goalkeeper, and it doesn't quite get there, they'll be saying, 'For Christ's sake, he's got no strength, no belief'."