ONCE WAS GOOD

“Beating Bayern Munich in 1999 was one of the greatest nights in my life but it has also hung over the players and the club ever since.” I never want to forget a moment like that but it also means we can only judge everything else we achieve in European football by those standards.”

“It may all be self-imposed. But the fact is we are under more pressure to win the competition this season than ever before. Another quarterfinal exit will not be good enough. And we have not been good enough for the last four seasons.”

“I’m not alone in saying that one European Cup is not good enough for me or the club.”

Keane;

“Every year we come back and say we want to win it again after what happened in 1999 — but we keep coming up short. We have proved over the last 10 years we are the best team in England but it is about doing it consistently in Europe.”