"He reminds me of the way Frank Lampard works in training and I cannot pay him any bigger compliment than that.
"In fact, there is no-one at our football club who trains harder than James Milner and Nicky Butt, and it is no coincidence they are both finishing the season strongly.
"James had three or four stitches inserted into his ankle at half-time on Sunday and it took a lot of courage for him to do what he did and go out there for the second half - and he gave Paulo Ferreira a very difficult afternoon.