Michy Batshuayi Quotes

Scoring from a metre out is just as beautiful as lobbing a goalkeeper from the halfway line.

I have never seen a talent like Ronaldo. He always scores, scores, scores. The first game he played for Milan, Sienna away, I said to him, 'I can't put you on the pitch. You are 100kg.' 'Mister,' he said, 'don't worry, I will score.' I put him in, and he scored twice.

A keeper can almost never catch my shots.

Ronaldinho and David Beckham, they took free kicks and took them very well, so there are some players I always try to follow and to learn important things from so that I am able to score goals.

I don't often score goals that aren't with my head!

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 didn't take many penalties, but I never missed one.

Some lads were dribblers, some lads just loved scoring goals, whereas I enjoyed and took pride in practicing my passing and that. That's how it was.

For me, if the ball's in the net, it doesn't matter if it's an overhead kick or just a tap-in.

There are lots of brilliant free kick specialists in the world. But the technique of Cristiano Ronaldo and David Beckham fascinates me most of all.

I have always been scoring goals, and now the quality of goals I am scoring is better.

Rio Ferdinand is the hardest opponent I have faced - strong and quick. He didn't kick you. He was so classy. I could do all my step-overs, but he would watch the ball and tackle so immaculately. He only got the ball.

I'm a good marker, and I have a nice, long pass.

I like to score goals, as, back in the day, I was used to scoring goals.

Neymar has been an idol of mine since childhood. I've always tried to mirror myself in the way he plays, and I've also tried imitating some of his haircuts.

When my father played in the local team, I always used to go with him to watch him. He played as a striker. He was very good; he used to score a lot of goals. Once, he scored seven goals in one game.

Ronaldo certainly scores goals, but I do too. He certainly scores more than I do, but we don't have the same style.

As a finisher, there are few players as composed as Messi. When you can score as many different kinds of goal as he can, you have every reason to be confident.

There is a no more complete striker than Ronaldo. Left foot, right foot, header - he is in perfect control of everything he does.

I need more left-footed goals. And shooting from outside the box - I need more variance of finishes.

I am always loath to assign goalkeepers too much importance, but you have to make an exception for the greats.

I love watching Messi with the ball at his feet. He scores goals and everything else.

The No. 9, a team's centre forward, is a number that means a lot and, God willing, I hope to inherit it some day.

Everybody watches free-kicks, and when you watch them, you enjoy them. You have got to learn how to shoot and connect with the ball and how to move your leg. For everybody, it is different, but if you want to score lots of goals, then free kicks is an extra way to do that.