Riyad Mahrez Quotes

Everyone knows where I play, as a defensive midfielder, more or less the same, so in the last six or seven years I play in that position and there is nothing new for me.

I'm not Giovinco. I don't get the ball and dribble past three players.

My game hasn't changed at all. I don't call it flair or whatever. It's just the way I've always played.

I can't do tricks, but I absolutely loved trying, and one of my fondest memories growing up was trying to imitate Ronaldinho and do his dance.

Pogba was our Usain Bolt - he allowed us to play in a certain way.

I can't believe anyone can have played the game of football as well as Messi.

Heading is a skill, and it would be a shame to lose that from the game. There is nothing more dramatic than when you see someone score a diving header, for instance.

I am not a magician of football.

I think I was called 'the pianist' because of the way I play. It's true that I don't score many goals, just a few, but they are beautiful when I do score! I think it's more about my style of play, how I touch the ball, how I pass the ball, how I move it.

Messi is the best in the world, even when he is defending.

There some players who show what they can do over 90 minutes and others who demonstrate it in 15.

I want to show I can play at my best for a whole Premier League season.

I like to play against strikers and think that, from my size alone, I'm more of a central defender.

As a little kid, I wasn't even interested in football. The first time I played, I was nine, and I volunteered to go in goal, thinking it would be exciting to save penalties. In fact, it was really boring.

When I was little, I always loved scoring goals.

I've played both right-back and right wing, I can't really say if I am more comfortable in one or the other but both are fun positions for me to play.

I hope to become a real striker.

For me, it's easier to play with my right foot. It's simple. If I go right, I see Diego and have different solutions: I go alone or pass to Diego, or the midfield can join in. If I go the other way, the cross with my left foot is not good.

I defend my position. I am not Messi. I am not Ronaldo. I have something else. I am not the quickest, like Walcott. I have to be clever and read situations. If I didn't have that, I wouldn't be able to play Premier League. Everybody has a strength - this is mine.

Cristiano Ronaldo is big and strong, but Messi's technique is pure class.

Football is a game of moments now and if someone does four step-overs, they've had an incredible game. That's not something I do.

I couldn't sign for Barca, as I can't play football the way Xavi wants.

Sometimes a little kid will come up to me and ask me to show him some tricks. I always have to say: 'I can't do any tricks.' They want to see some sort of magic: keepie-uppies, around-the-worlds, that sort of thing. It's not really my strength.

Since I was two or three years old, I remember always being with the ball. I would see kids playing on the street, and would join them.

I was always a little bit compared to Jurgen because my core of working is working against the ball.