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10 best quotes of the 2015-16 Premier League season

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London - With one of the most remarkable Premier League seasons having come to an end on Sunday, here are 10 of the best quotes from a crazy campaign.

Jamie Vardy

On his side's fairytale success ...

"I can't describe it. I think someone must have put a spell on me to make it happen."

Alan Pardew

On Sam Allardyce, who predicted that Palace would not be competitive against Newcastle United because the players would have "been on the pop" after reaching the FA Cup final ...

"He hasn't got a case. Just send him the video. They're prehistoric comments and I don't know what era he's in. Three or four of my players don't drink. Perhaps he meant Coca-Cola. It's nonsense."

Louis van Gaal

On the London traffic that saw his side's team bus arrive late for a match against Tottenham, delaying kick-off by 30 minutes ...

"It is unbelievable! We have driven around in circles. It is unbelievable that you cannot drive to where you need to be."

Michail Antonio

On the inspiration for his decision to celebrate a goal against Sunderland by spinning around on the floor ...

"I watched 'The Simpsons Movie' the other day and I saw Homer do it, and I thought it looked hilarious, so (I thought) I'll do it if I score."

Arsene Wenger

On Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar after Barcelona eliminated his side from the Champions League ...

"We have to admire art and they have two or three players that transform normal life into art."

Van Gaal

On Robert Huth's hair-pulling incident that ultimately ended with Marouane Fellaini retaliating by elbowing the big German in the face ...

"It is not in the books that somebody has to grab with the hair and pull from behind. Only in sex masochism, then it is allowed."

Claudio Ranieri

On how he focuses his players ...

"From the beginning, when something was wrong, I said 'Dilly-ding, dilly-dong, wake up!' during training sessions."

Jurgen Klopp

On differentiating himself from Jose Mourinho during his introductory press conference at Liverpool ...

"I don't want to describe myself. I'm a totally normal guy. I came from the Black Forest. I'm the Normal One."

Jose Mourinho

On his belief that his players undermined him during a 2-1 loss to Leicester City, which proved to be his final match before being sacked ...

"I feel my work is betrayed. I identified four movements where Leicester score a lot of their goals and in two of the four situations I identified, they scored their goals."

Ranieri

On the conclusion of his side's remarkable title-winning season ...

"It is important to finish the story like an American movie. Always in the end it is OK. There is a happy ending."

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