Graham Potter Quotes

Guardiola and I have the same idea of football.

The way Guardiola plays suits me. It enables me to get into space in attacking positions.

I don't think City play a Brazilian style - it is more Spanish the way we play here.

My style of play has always been 'Guardiola style,' so I've not had too many problems. At the same time, he helps you to evolve and to change little things, because it's obviously not exactly the same style of play as at Bilbao.

I think there was a time where the target man went out of fashion and it was all about the small and quick striker.

Guardiola has a way of playing; he has a system, and he sticks to that.

Arsene Wenger's style of play is the sort of style the Chilean national team has. Therefore, I am used to it.

Manchester United are always a team that try to play football, try to play football from the back.

Pochettino likes to play from the back, with the buildup, have the ball.

There are a lot of teams that don't want to play, that only want to defend against Barcelona, and that makes it difficult. We're always looking for the open space. A lot of times we'll face six defenders and four midfielders.

I often felt as a player in a 4-4-2, you end up being outnumbered in midfield and chasing the ball, so as a manager I liked wingbacks to push forward; it gives the midfield player on the ball three or four options.

I think we've got a lot players in the squad who are more suited to European football at the moment.

I like the idea of playing with a bit more tactical freedom, either in a deeper role or supporting the strikers more often.

I've never seen a Barca without control of the game. I've never seen a Barca that doesn't have the ball and lets the opposition attack all the time.

Pep's Barcelona was spectacular. They had a collective style based on players of talent, which sought control and sought to dominate all over the pitch.

I would prefer to play for and against an attacking team, but I am now used to playing against defensive teams.

Maybe Klopp is the best manager in the world at creating teams who attack the back four with so many players, from almost anywhere on the pitch. They have an intensity with the ball and without the ball, and it is not easy to do that.

The Swedish team plays very differently from Arsenal. There is more freedom with Arsenal and they play a passing game.

There are a lot of things you can practise to unsettle teams that defend deep.

The tactical way of Pep is the most incredible I have ever seen. When he was at Barcelona, that was their best team, I think.

Someone said that my coaching is a combination of Milan's defensive discipline and the Dutch propensity for attacking football, and I think that is a fair description.

It's a different playing style than at Monaco; there were two of us in midfield there, and here at Liverpool, there's three.

Sarri is meticulous, passionate about tactics, he likes to make the team play well.

For Guardiola, the system and tactics can change but not the approach, attitude, or philosophy.

There is no Benitez 'method.' We try to be more solid in defense without losing the quality in attack.