Jose Mourinho Quotes

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

We've got to make sure we have players that can break teams down because there's no space in behind; we need to problem-solve in a different way.

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.

I don't want just pure roll out of the back four. I want productive mixed play... how many ways can you affect a game?

Having a lot of attacking players on the field and a good balance at the back is the foundation of victory.

Some big teams prefer to be very strong defensively and have two, three, four counter-attacking players.

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

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

It is well-documented that Bournemouth like to play football. I think I can give them a slightly different dimension when the ball goes into the box.

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.

It's not easy to create chances or a game when you're just receiving long balls.

In the Premier League you need creative players to open games up.

United are capable of setting up a low block and making it difficult, but they're also capable of coming out and pressing high.

We try and play football in a positive way. Any team has to be defensively organised, but you have to look at the attributes of the players and play to their strengths.

I love to see goals and attacking play; I want us to be entertaining. But it's no good if you're shipping goals.

United's history was built on attacking football, which does not always mean that the team kept clean sheets or did not concede chances.

My teams have always been dominant about having the ball but having the ball to create opportunities. That's always been the clear way of my work.

I like entertaining football but, at the same time, you can't concede goals. That's a tricky balance to find.

As England manager I always felt we needed an extra man in midfield to retain the ball, but that was more as an attacking ploy to help create opportunities. It came from my experience playing international football in a 4-4-2 and spending half my time chasing the ball.

It's not so easy for us when we play teams who have a different mindset, like Chelsea or Inter Milan, because they have the intention of trying to stop us rather than playing a game that is more attractive for the spectators to enjoy.

Charlton are a team who play well on the ball, but they found it hard to break us down, they didn't really have an out and out chance in front of our goal.

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

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

I don't want Kylian to play like Neymar and keep the ball. Kylian is incredibly dangerous in the final move, and I want him to stay that way.