Pep Guardiola Quotes

Luis Enrique has a clear idea, and the team has understood it perfectly. He asks us to press high up the pitch, to counter quickly when the opposition attacks and try to maximise the space between the lines with the speed we have.

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

I don't say we are a defensive team. I say we are a strong team in defensive terms, but at the same time lacking sufficient fluidity in attack because that will take time to come.

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

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.

We try and play football in a positive way. Any team has to be defensively organised, but you have to look at the attributes of the players and play to their strengths.

There is no Benitez 'method.' We try to be more solid in defense without losing the quality in attack.

United's history was built on attacking football, which does not always mean that the team kept clean sheets or did not concede chances.

Pochettino likes to play from the back, with the buildup, have the ball.

I don't think City play a Brazilian style - it is more Spanish the way we play here.

It is well-documented that Bournemouth like to play football. I think I can give them a slightly different dimension when the ball goes into the box.

There are a lot of teams that don't want to play, that only want to defend against Barcelona, and that makes it difficult. We're always looking for the open space. A lot of times we'll face six defenders and four midfielders.

I think we've got a lot players in the squad who are more suited to European football at the moment.

Pep's Barcelona was spectacular. They had a collective style based on players of talent, which sought control and sought to dominate all over the pitch.

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

Any coach in my era will reference or look at Guardiola's teams. If you look at the style of play, he has had a huge influence on football. And he has innovated it again.

It's not easy to create chances or a game when you're just receiving long balls.

The truth is I like the style of playing the ball out and hitting long passes.

I like the Klopp mentality but at the same time, I like the Pep culture about football because always we need intensity with and without the ball.

I like to be in contact with the ball, have possession, to play.

For the strikers, we have more freedom, and even when we lose the ball, if we press together, we can get it back, and it is good system for Chelsea.

Guardiola and I have the same idea of football.

I don't want just pure roll out of the back four. I want productive mixed play... how many ways can you affect a game?

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

Arsene Wenger's style of play is the sort of style the Chilean national team has. Therefore, I am used to it.