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Fergie does his bit as Leicester get their bottoms smacked

Sir Alex Ferguson was on hand to give Team Europe a pep-talk ahead of the Ryder Cup © Getty Images

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In the latest edition of ESPN's Week in Words, there's EVEN more fallout between Jose Mourino and Manuel Pellegrini, Europe get a surprise visitor ahead of the Ryder Cup and Leicester Tigers get their bottoms smacked...

"I don't speak about other teams' players. Mr Pellegrino, instead of speaking about other teams' players, should speak about Frank Lampard"
Jose Mourinho with what was surely a deliberate, a brilliant, slip when discussing Manuel Pellegrini's criticism of Chelsea

"We got our backsides smacked, and that's how it is"
Leicester boss Richard Cockerill gives a frank assessment of his team's performance after they lost to Bath 45-0

"We played during 90 minutes against a small team trying to defend, trying to keep 10 players in front of their goal and [City were] a team that wanted to win from the beginning"
Manuel Pellegrini compared Chelsea's approach to that of Stoke at the Etihad Stadium

"I'm a bit lost for words. I didn't expect to come on and score like that. I've come on and the Chelsea fans are signing and that's emotional, and I'm playing for this club who have taken me and that's brilliant as well. I'm really stuck in the middle here"
Frank Lampard admitted he was torn after scoring Manchester City's equaliser and denying former club Chelsea all three points

"I made a poor decision regarding the limits of my alcohol intake"
Aaron Cruden finds a long-winded way of saying why he missed New Zealand's flight to Argentina after a night out with the boys

"This trip is a redemption trip"
USA Ryder Cup captain Tom Watson reveals the "Miracle of Medinah" defeat still hurts among the American camp

"Now he is one of us; part of the Chelsea family - and he is playing great"
John Terry can't help but have a dig at Arsenal over Cesc Fabregas

"I was sitting there, looking up at him and I didn't take my eyes off him. I was in this trance listening to everything that he was saying"
Manchester United fan Rory McIlroy clearly enjoyed Sir Alex Ferguson's motivational speech to Europe's Ryder Cup team

"Well, not only are we able to play together, we also don't litigate against each other, and that's a real plus, I feel, heading into this week"
A great quip from Phil Mickelson about opponents Graeme McDowell and Rory McIlroy ahead of the Ryder Cup

"Modern society wants less pain, wants to suffer less and wants to be treated better in every aspect of modern life. Pain has to disappear, whether you go to the dentist or go to work"
Arsene Wenger was in philosophical mood when discussing modern football management, hinting there is no more room for the hairdryer treatment

"If I was sat at home in David's shoes I would be wondering why they didn't spend the £150m with me"
Sam Allardyce enjoyed a little dig at Louis van Gaal on behalf of his good friend David Moyes

"He was like, 'Whoa, buddy, that's a little early for me - we'll have to get a couple of coffees and we'll be ready to go!'"
Bubba Watson reveals Webb Simpson's reaction when he told him they were opening the Ryder Cup at 7.35am

"Half the stuff they are producing is a bunch of rubbish'"
London Welsh scrum-half Piri Weepu on the New Zealand reporting of his form at his new club

"There's a lot of things I can say about Nick Faldo, but I'm not going to put myself down to his level'"
Sergio Gercia responds to comments from Sir Nick Faldo that he was "useless" at Valhalla in 2008

"You've got one of the best Ryder Cup pairings of all time being sat down on a Saturday afternoon of a Ryder Cup that we go on to lose. I'd say Sergio was fairly useless that afternoon, yeah, because he wasn't able to play "
Graeme McDowell leapt to Sergio Garcia's defence after Sir Nick Faldo said the Spaniard was "useless" at Valhalla in 2008

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