Alan Shearer
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Well, he did a good job teaching him that.
He was, yeah.
When you're trying to knock him off the ball or get him off the ball.
Yeah, he was really strong, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I played against him on that Chelsea team.
Yeah, really top player.
I played against him in charity things after I retired.
And, I mean, I perhaps didn't appreciate when I was playing against him in real games just how good he was.
And then I played against him in a charity game and I'm thinking, this guy, my God, no one can get the ball off him.
In the charity games, it was like he was such a good player.
So intelligent.
Touch, touch.
Touch was magnificent.
Yeah, it was.
Just the way he looked after the ball, protected the ball.
About 30 yards, isn't it?
30 yards!
Makes it look like effortless, doesn't it?