Toni Kroos Quotes

The Bernabeu faithful doesn't want a similar style to Barca. They want a more direct style of football.

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.

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

My style suits Barcelona's style of play.

My style of play has always been 'Guardiola style,' so I've not had too many problems. At the same time, he helps you to evolve and to change little things, because it's obviously not exactly the same style of play as at Bilbao.

I have always said that the BVB style is exactly how I want to play football.

I think the Brazil system is similar to the one we use at Liverpool, with lots of movement, players open out wide, and quality midfielders who join the attack and score goals.

Guardiola and I have the same idea of football.

Guardiola has a way of playing; he has a system, and he sticks to that.

English football is changing: the champions don't play a 'typical' English style, for example. But in general, it's quicker than in Spain: more counter-attacks, more open, more direct.

United are about attacking football, and everything else has to takes its place behind that.

Dortmund's style of football really suits me.

Guardiola has come to City with a very unique style. And he wants to continue that philosophy. We had to work to adapt to his style.

What do folk always say about Arsenal? They can pass you to death.

When you play in the Premier League, say you're playing against a lower-end team, they set up to defend all the time, they set up to block you off. But when you play in the Champions League, all the other teams are used to winning every week, so it's more of an open game, it's more attacking, end-to-end.

You pressure, you want possession, you want to attack. Some teams can't or don't pass the ball. What are you playing for? What's the point? That's not football. Combine, pass, play. That's football - for me, at least.

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.

European teams have always shied away from South American football. They struggle to get to grips with it. The South American game is more technical and about keeping possession, while European football is more dynamic, physical and direct.

In a way, I feel there's a Carrick style of playing.

I would prefer to play for and against an attacking team, but I am now used to playing against defensive teams.

At Tottenham, I'm asked to take a lot of risks to keep maximum possession of the ball and build from the back.

I'm an admirer of Guardiola's work.

When you play the top sides you cannot afford to be as open as 4-4-2 can leave you. Consequently teams adapt their formation.

With Arsene, he wanted us to play in the same way regardless of the opponents. The idea was that we could play in our way and beat anyone.

The top coaches want wide strikers who cut inside. They want playmaking midfielders who can play between the lines as well as perform their defensive duties.