Toby Alderweireld Quotes

If we don't start playing better on defense, it's going to be hard. We can't just sit there and win shootouts.

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 think when you're a very good defensive team you give yourself a chance every night, on the road, at home, it's a big factor and something to build on.

Maybe one of my strengths was to bring the energy to the team, and then defensively, I contributed a lot compared to other players, which is quite essential for the big matches; you know, against big clubs, you need to be very cautious with opponents that attack.

In '82 Brazil showed that you can't win the World Cup without a solid defense.

Great execution. That's what you have to do when you're playing great teams.

We believe defending is very much a team job, and we can't just rely on a back four and a goalkeeper.

Rafa Benitez was keen on defending - all dropping back together if you lose the ball.

The teams that defend well are as important as those that attack well. If you don't concede goals it is much easier to win but it is all about having balance.

You have to win the title with a strong team and a strong defence, but I don't only like to talk about the four defenders and the goalkeeper when you concede goals. It's about the team.

One of the things that makes the best teams in the world the best is the fact that, across midfield and up top, they are capable of hurting you.

What Liverpool do really well is they try to get you inside but then close you down.

When we have a defensive situation in which we are conceding too many goals, it is not just a problem in the defense but the entire team, starting with the coach.

The beginning of everything is our defensive organisation. The clean sheet is always the first objective that we have in the game. Always.

I consider all aspects of being a goalkeeper as fundamental in the development of the side as a whole.

The last thing you want as a striker is the opposing team putting all 10 players behind the ball.

You don't want your opponent to score. You don't want your guy to score and once you get better at it, you get used to it, it becomes a mindset. You just try to do it every game.

If you play bad, you can win the games, but you have to play good and get the three points.

As long as everyone does their part - the attackers score the goals, and the defenders keep the clean sheets - then you can't go too wrong.

Our goal is to outplay the other team's defense every game - it doesn't matter who we're playing.

Against Chelsea, you will have periods in the game when you are right up against it, when they keep the ball. They are pretty solid the way they set their team up.

In all the research you do as a coach, studying other coaches and championship-type situations, you find that all those teams combined talent with great defense. You've got to stop other teams to win.

When we are organised on the pitch, it is easier to play in defense.

Keeping up your concentration is one of the hardest tasks when you're a centre-back because a team like Bayern tend to dominate and can give you sense of false security.

I have tried to convince the players that if we work on certain things in training, they will happen in games and we will score goals from them.