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Revista de la Liga with Graham Hunter

Zabaleta: 'We Are Safe!' The shout that won the league for City

Revista de la Liga with Graham Hunter

Graham Hunter

Soccer, Football, Sports

4.5863 Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2016

⏱️ 1 minutes

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Summary

Pablo Zabaleta recalls the touchline shout from a member of the QPR coaching staff that defused Manchester City's dogged opponents on the final day of the 2011/2012 season, setting the table for Sergio Aguero's iconic title-winning goal. Listen to the full interview on iTunes, Acast, or at grahamhunter.tv.

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It was something you know incredible amazing because as a fan you just been waiting how long you be waiting for that moment to win a league to lift the trophy and against a team it was already safe because Bolton was went down three minutes ago.

0:18.0

I remember someone or my hooks or some of his assistant shouting to the QPR players say we are safe because

0:26.7

the Bolton game was finished I don't know who they were playing against I think it was stoker and you know I think

0:36.8

That was the key of the game because when they knew they were safe

0:41.2

When we scored the second goal, if you look at the game, they don't play the ball back and they,

0:47.6

when they play from the middle, they played the ball back. If they do like... keep ball to keep the ball three

0:54.7

four touches the goalkeeper control and kick the ball finish it's game over but

0:59.9

someone just kick the ball away.

1:03.0

Gives it away more or less.

1:05.0

You know, it was something that's really,

1:07.0

puts the ball back and someone just kicked the long ball there.

1:10.0

So show how when running he took the ball,

1:12.0

he made the throw into someone and then he passed it to his job.

1:15.0

And that's why we, in those 30 seconds, we won the league.

1:20.0

Mentality.

1:21.0

Yeah, no, mentality, but thank you for the guy of a QPI.

1:25.0

You took that decision in that moment.

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