Graeme Souness Quotes

If a team concedes a goal, then the first question is always of the goalkeeper.

If you're a goalkeeper, it doesn't matter what you save the ball with - if you keep it out, it's not a goal.

If I keep a clean sheet, I have had a good game; it is as simple as that.

We can only stop Cristiano Ronaldo as a team. In front of goal, he's like a machine. You can't shut him out completely; he always gets his chances in a game because of the lines he runs and his excellent timing.

I think, on one end, we need to understand that goalkeeping is an art and is also a very important position to have in your club.

I've got a defensive responsibility as well as trying to get goals and assists. I'm trying to do that.

If you have a game where you're under pressure, obviously there are going to be a lot of shots on target, and you're going to make saves, but you can't say you played well in a game where you concede five goals. It's ridiculous.

United fans don't care if the team only has 40 per cent possession as long as they are watching an attacking team. My experience was that the supporters understood that even our best teams, even the teams with Peter Schmeichel or Edwin van der Sar in goal, were going to concede goals.

I hate letting goals in, and some of them have come in a bit of an awkward manner.

I can win the ball. I can clear the ball.

I do like to play and pass the ball. But first and foremost I see myself as a defender: blocking, tackling, heading.

A striker scores goals, but the goalkeepers saves them, the defenders close chances down, and all the credit is shared out.

As a defender I try to keep clean sheets.

It is never good to concede a goal; it is part of our job not to concede, just as it is part of our job to score.

When you are a goalkeeper, you know the responsibility.

I think football is evolving, and I think the role of the keeper is becoming more and more important in the game in general.

I don't watch goalkeepers, to be honest.

As a goalkeeper, it is a challenge to face Messi.

I prefer playing up front, really, because I feel like if I make the right run, or if I get the ball at the right time, I can just be one-on-one with the defender, and then if I manage to get past the centre-back, it's one-on-one with the 'keeper.

If Messi has the ball, he is fantastic to watch and difficult to stop. You have to double up on him, triple up on him even, stay with him constantly to block his way to the goal.

When you go 18 games unbeaten people will say 'wow he's really good' but when you make mistakes they will point the finger at the back four.

As much as you want to improve or help the team, as a centre-back your job is to go under the radar and keep the ball out of the net. If you do that and let the strikers get all the adulation and the headlines, then you're probably doing your job.

I don't know one player who doesn't make a mistake, especially a defender and especially how we play at Liverpool.

I know I am coming to a big club with a very good goalkeeper. City already have a great goalkeeper in Joe Hart, but I will try and compete for the No. 1 spot.

When I think about defending Kyrie, I think about respect. His shooting percentages were close to 50/40/90 as a 19-year-old rookie. When you come into this league with numbers like that, defenders have to respect your jumper.