Kevin De Bruyne Quotes

Whenever you play against Fred - we certainly did it - you let him get it because he has to take three or four touches. He doesn't know how to do one or two touches. Anyone that watches his game, he gets it facing the wrong way, turns, turns, chops, chops and he'll give you the ball three or four times a game.

Every footballer enjoys having the ball at their feet. There are times in training you find yourself without the ball. I enjoy that side of it as well. If we can spend more time working with the ball then everyone will enjoy it.

I like teams to control and dominate the ball so the players are hungry for the ball.

I can keep the ball and pass it, and I've always felt comfortable with the ball at my feet.

The only thing I would like is to have more control of the game in terms of possession.

Any good attacker will always beat a defender who's face-marking you.

In football, time and space are the same thing.

Sometimes when I play on the wing, I have to remind myself to stay out wide because I tend to naturally drift in towards the ball. I try to get on the ball and make something happen.

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.

Sometimes in midfield, it's nice because you do get a little bit more of the ball, and maybe out wide you rely on people to get you the ball.

I have improved both feet for my passing game as well as in the vertical play into attack, whether that be low balls or longer balls.

You've got one football and a lot of times, defenses dictate where the ball goes.

As a wing back, when you get the ball wide, you usually don't have any help out wide. You have to be pretty good on your own out there.

It starts the fast-break a lot easier when I get the ball. I don't have to wait for big men to give me it. Just get it and go.

We need the ball even to defend; that's our objective: having the ball and having it as far as possible from our goal as possible.

I get a lot of front ball in a position that, normally, the opponent's defense is making the move outwards, and our attackers are getting in.

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 always try and get as many as touches as I can with the ball because that's the most important thing for me as a player is to feel comfortable in that way.

Centre-backs with good technique can move the ball forward, even when under pressure.

I think people forgot that there are still ways you can get the ball inside rather than just standing there and throwing the ball in. You have to have a system that makes all things work.

I always try to manage the ball in a way that can help the way my teammates receive it.

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 like it when the team is in control of the match. I like very much the ball possession; I like to play in the other half.

I like to create chances, to shoot when I play farther forward, but I also like playing deeper, as you have more time on the ball.

I experienced that the ball is the most important thing. When you have the ball, the other team really can't do anything.