Everyone's disappointed when they don't feel like they play well or they make a mistake. I'm the first one to hold my hand up and try and rectify that in training or the next game.
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As a kid I played in tournaments and my team won trophies but in my professional career I've not won anything yet. I'm hungry to get a medal around my neck.
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Every player usually watches their clips back of how they play: mistakes, duels, things that are specific for your game. I wanted to be proud of that and I wanted to see it in person, I suppose, because in the past I have had a lot of criticism for things that I have done.
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Fifty points at home and 50 points away is unheard of as a team and I'd love to keep improving.
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I've never hidden away from mistakes or the good things as well.
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I was such a big football fan in general, I just watched as many games as I could and I picked up things from every game.
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I've had some nice messages after games from players who I haven't spoken to before. I won't name people and drop them in it, but I've had messages from opposition strikers and defenders saying that they respect and love the way I play, telling me to keep doing it and not to change the way I am.
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But you grow more knowledgeable during the time you play in the Premier League. Every new manager, new chapter, has been a learning curve.
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You've got to be harsh on yourself because it is the only way you are going to get better by studying those situations where you may have fallen short.