Brendan Rodgers Quotes

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

The important thing for me is we want to keep the ball, we want to have the ball because we are Arsenal football club.

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

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

When you have a lot of ball possession, you have a lot of ball possession to create chances, not to play the ball around and not score.

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.

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.

I've never seen a Barca without control of the game. I've never seen a Barca that doesn't have the ball and lets the opposition attack all the time.

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.

For me, possession is to keep the ball while you are waiting for the possibility to penetrate. Every pass is for a reason.

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

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.

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

I'm one of those players who loves to dribble the ball, to run at people.

Maybe other managers would see their team score one goal and then prefer to go back and counter-attack, then try to score the second goal. A lot of those managers are the best managers at the moment, but for me, it's very important to continue the way I play.

Pellegrini as a coach likes the team to be in control of the ball, and go forward.

Always, even with the U17s in Spain, U19s, we play from the back, and we try to improve on that a lot. So I always enjoy having the ball at my feet.

If you play on possession, you don't have to defend, because there's only one ball

Rushing the ball is all about ball control. If you run the ball, you control the clock. If you control the clock, you usually control the game.

If I don't get the service or if I don't the ball in the box, where I want it, I start drifting into midfield. I go and look for the ball. I try to be important for the team in other areas.

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.

Watch me, and I only really like the ball into feet. I don't like running in behind so much.

I don't want Kylian to play like Neymar and keep the ball. Kylian is incredibly dangerous in the final move, and I want him to stay that way.

If you play every time, long balls, you lose possession and you lose momentum. I don't want to be like that.

When you are a coach, you are watching how the team is positioning itself on the field - if your team is in possession of the ball, you are already anticipating what could happen if you lose the ball.