Unai Emery Quotes

When you haven't got the ball, while we're defending, sometimes I am not always where I need to be.

When you see the rival make a certain pass, you don't need to look behind you. You know 100 per cent that all your teammates will go with you.

When we are organised on the pitch, it is easier to play in defense.

No matter how much striking power you have got, you need to have a sense of defensive compactness from everyone.

I learned how to pass when I was real young. That's one thing I always knew how to do was find the open man.

Football is a game about feelings and intelligence.

Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.

It’s like volleyball. There are setters and spikers. The chief of staff is a setter, putting the ball in the air so the Senator can spike it.

You can't try a man-to-man if you don't practice it.

Just hearing somebody's voice in center field, it helps our guards out to know where they need to go, when the screen is coming, when the back door is coming, when the flare is coming. When different things like that happen and we're talking, it helps us all out in the long run.

When I do defensive work well it always helps my offensive game.

That's the main thing on defense: focus, patience and staying as one unit.

Playing quarterback, you rely on everybody. Everybody impacts you.

That's how you get better on defense; not just 'oh, man, my guy beat me,' but you have to think about, 'okay, my man beat me, so I either have to pick up the next man, or I'm going to give somebody a foul.

You're talking about defense and calling games and blocking balls, I'm going to be right there with anybody.

You need to know exactly where to be on the pitch at all times.

I shoot five or six times, go out and play defense and make sure everything is clicking. I'm like a transmission in a car. You can't see me, but I make the car go.

You need to love to play defense.

I stay in the middle and my team-mates can go to attack.

You don't need only your strikers. You need your defenders to be on top of their game. You need a midfield to work hard and track back, and I suppose you need a goalkeeper who makes saves once in a while.

I think my one-on-one defense is pretty good.

You don't have that good team effort without good goaltending.

Defense, for me, is where I really love to put work in most. Defense is, in my mind, what wins games.

In football, you cannot only play because of your quality and talent. Defence is a must.

If your offensive and defensive lines are speaking and people are listening, you've got a very good chance of success.