If you do not have the team behind you, then you can't do things on your own. It all depends on the team.

Do I enjoy the aggression of English football? No. I like to play football. I like to score goals. I like to do things well.

Goals are what count for me. It's not about a battle with defenders. Fighting hard, giving everything and working hard on the field you have to combine with the goals you score. It doesn't matter if defenders want to battle with me or not; I will just be trying to do my job as well as I possibly can.

If I change in any way, I'm not going to be the same player.

The key for me is to score goals and win trophies.

Don't put wings on me; I am no angel.

The bottom line is that sometimes the little things I do on the pitch provoke exaggerated reactions.

I consider myself a player who fights and gives everything on the pitch. Those who know me and appreciate those values understand what I say.

Check my records: you'll find I've never caused a bad injury to a player.

If I go on to the pitch, do things well and the fans love me and my team-mates, too, we take on that energy which can change a game.

I always wanted to win. Everyone has a bit of that in them, but I have even more of a will to win. Sometimes I might go overboard, whereas there are others who, yes, they want to win, but if they don't, it's no big deal for them.

You just have to be prepared because in the Premier League, you are not always going to have more than once chance to score. When it comes your way, you have to be ready to take that chance. If you're not calm, you know it might not come again.

You always have to know that you are going to leave everything on the pitch, every drop of sweat, to help the team win the game.

It's important to be right physically.

When a game comes around, that's the time to be serious. During the week, the training sessions are serious, but away from there, you have to relax and switch off.

I think it's really important for managers to be liked by his players because ultimately, on the pitch, those players will give everything for their manager.

Always, when things don't go the way that everyone expects, people - the supporters as well - always look for someone to blame. In some cases, they blame the players.

I'd rather have someone who tells me straight up what happens rather than sweet things that I want to hear.

There are managers who always say what people want to hear. I think that's not good.

I have to be scoring goals and playing well to get in the team because, if not, others who are in better form will play.

Life has many turns.

I wished I could go back to Atletico; I'm not going to lie.

I have a go at defenders, and they have a go at me. We argue... Whatever happens on the pitch stays on the pitch.

I'm no angel. You can see that. But every time I play, I will play the same way because that's the way I am.