Roberto Firmino Quotes

People always see the goals, and for me, strikers are not only about scoring goals.

In football, you don't hold on to the ball just to hold on to the ball. When you have it you need to be dangerous, create opportunities and score goals. And when you don't, you make sure the opposition doesn't.

In Spain, you get seven clear chances a game to receive the ball and shoot. In Italy, you get very few clear balls, and you have to fight everyone to score; that makes you improve and develop.

Anytime you get good service to the box, it's always great as an attacking player because it gives you more opportunities to score.

When teams play good football, it tends to create chances for the striker.

When you play with good players, they will always create chances for the forwards to score.

If you've got someone like Thierry Henry in your team, you get him on the ball.

I'm a striker. I feel I can have my greatest impact there because I'm free to roam around the pitch, take players on, have shots and create chances.

I think I can improve in my attacking role, I can do more.

If the spaces open up in the attack, then of course I'm willing to take it because I love to get involved; I love to get crosses in. I love to do combinations and just bring a different aspect to our game.

I need balls put in the box and I need chances to be created for me.

Obviously, being a forward, I would like to score more goals. But while the team does well, there is no problem.

I have to stay in front to try and create chances and be in the right place in the box.

Before I came to Barcelona, I only thought about one facet of the game: destroying. My qualities were completely defensive, and I wouldn't take responsibility for organising my team's game, our attacks.

Teams are already marking me individually: they are putting two players there on my side. Unfortunately, it's difficult, but I'm doing what I can. I'm facing them. I'm making assists. I'm trying to score my goals.

What interests Chiellini and I is not conceding goals. We're able to create chances and it makes us happy when we take them.

I am convinced that when the team plays well, the attackers will have chances to score - and that's why I will have the chance to score.

If you want to speak about scoring goals, you should judge every midfielder the same way.

Positional play is good for training, but in games, to win matches, you need someone who can go past defenders and take chances.

I'd say my main quality is keeping the ball and my passing.

To score three goals and not concede any is always interesting for a coach.

I'm usually a No. 10, and the thing I most enjoy is helping my team-mates and creating goal-scoring chances for them.

In order for a player to score goals, he needs minutes.

I've always been looking to get goals and assists, and to do that, I need to be higher up the pitch.

I'd say I was an attacking midfielder, and if you are going to be one of the best, you have to score goals and create them.