When you are young, you sometimes play one good game and then one bad game.

For a young player like me, it is good to play for a club that can get to the semi-finals because one of the reasons I play football is for these big games.

Individually, I am very happy because I can play in every game. I can be on the pitch and do what I like to do, which is play football.

I like to play as a No. 10. I think I have more freedom offensively. For Belgium, we have full backs who run hard and create a lot of space, which is good, and I like to play there.

I play on the left hand side, and I try to do the best I can.

I know as soon as a game is finished if I have done well. I don't need people to tell me. I want to achieve perfection.

It is a pleasure to play under Jose Mourinho, and everything is OK. I learn every day. He is a normal coach. He speaks a lot with the players. I like it when the manager speaks a lot with you because it gives you confidence.

We feel good. We are full of confidence. We take game after game and try to win every game.

We don't look at records, but if we can make history in this club, we will. It's not only about Chelsea, this league.

For the strikers, we have more freedom, and even when we lose the ball, if we press together, we can get it back, and it is good system for Chelsea.

I spoke with Abramovich. He is very simple and loves football. We were on the same wavelength: he wants to confirm Chelsea's position at the top.

I've always said I wanted to play in England. There was a struggle between Chelsea and United, but according to me, Chelsea has the best project.

With Lille, we could have gone to the South of France, and people wouldn't have recognised us. But at Chelsea, the players are at another level. Everything has changed - the language, the country - but it is up to me to adapt.

It's true that Tottenham tempted me because it was a young team which was third in the league.

The directors told me they were going to recruit good players with whom I could play decent football. Marko Marin, Oscar and me, we like to have the ball at our feet. Juan Mata likes the ball; so does Ramires.

I watched videos of great players. I was inspired by what they did, then I used to try things out in training.

When I was small, I was the same as everyone else. I used to play in a small council estate nearby. But it's really my family who taught me. I started watching my dad play from the age of two. I wanted to be like him.

The first pitch I played on, for my first club, Braine-le-Comte, was only a metre from our house! I progressed very quickly.

Weight training and working on being explosive helped me gain a few yards of pace. Even when I was small, I was stocky. Even if people pushed me, I managed to stay on my feet.

It is good, it is better to be voted by the players - they know everything about football.

Chelsea are a big club - we have to win titles and to qualify for the Champions League. There's a lot to do, but we'll try to do it all.

The FA Cup for all the fans does mean something special.

My target is to give everything, and only if we win the trophies will I be relaxed.

The passion I had for being a goalkeeper made me follow the career of Rogerio Ceni.

I have lots of meaningful tattoos, also some others are for just passion.

I have tattooed the names of my parents, my wife, my two kids, my brothers. Those are the most important ones for me.

My daughter's Portuguese.

I like everything about Manchester City.

With Pep Guardiola, City are growing more and more.

Brazil is well served for goalkeepers, many who have not been to the World Cup are very good.

I'm not sure if I would be able to do set-pieces, but I'm good at penalties, either using power or technique on shooting it.

I hope one day to return to Benfica.

I want to finish in Portugal, in Benfica.

When I played in the Benfica youth teams, they would always call me to play in midfield if someone was missing and I didn't ever embarrass myself.

I was always comfortable with the ball at my feet, and this helps me during games. I think it's a natural talent.

One of my coaches encouraged me to try it. In the beginning, I didn't want to take any free-kicks but he pushed me to do it. Then I started scoring a few goals and everything changed.

It's something I've been working on since I started out at Sao Paulo, and over time I've tried to improve my skills. But even when I played in the local academy, I was trying to show off some ability with my feet. I actually scored several free-kicks.

I'm good at penalties, either using power or technique when I'm shooting.

I'd like to score.

I started playing as a full-back, but it's hard to chase quick forwards, especially for me as I'm not particularly quick.

I used to play as a 'goleiro-linha,' it's a goalkeeper that plays a lot with his feet.

I have always been skilful with my feet.

When I started playing football, I started as a left-defender. Maybe I wasn't very talented in that position but I knew that something good could come out of it. I got some skills with my feet and that helped me a lot later on. Those qualities have helped me a lot in my career.

When I was nine or ten, I had a chat with my coach and I asked if I could play in goal. I started playing as a goalkeeper and it was love at first sight. Only a goalkeeper knows how it is.

Whether I use the long kick all depends on the moment, only at certain stages of the game.

I don't practise it that much, maybe two or three times a week. It's a natural skill that I have, to hit long balls, so I don't need to practise it every day.

When I play with my friends, I always play as a midfielder.

I think futsal helped me a lot when I was 11 or 12 years old. It helped me to think quicker and look for the passing lines. I think I managed to move those lessons to 11-a-side football.

The role of a goalkeeper in Pep's team is like the 11th outfield player on the pitch, in terms of the build-up, the pressing. I think it's more difficult. There is a bigger responsibility because you can't afford to make any mistakes. If you do, it probably ends in an opposition goal.

Even before I'm on the ball, I'm always looking to see where I can pass the ball.