Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Quotes

I always try and get as many as touches as I can with the ball because that's the most important thing for me as a player is to feel comfortable in that way.

In football, time and space are the same thing.

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.

Sometimes in midfield, it's nice because you do get a little bit more of the ball, and maybe out wide you rely on people to get you the ball.

If you do an outside spin with the ball, it's more difficult to control it, so I try to pass it in a way that allows them to take the ball quicker in their path. That way, they may have more of an advantage to score or create themselves.

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

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

You've got one football and a lot of times, defenses dictate where the ball goes.

It starts the fast-break a lot easier when I get the ball. I don't have to wait for big men to give me it. Just get it and go.

I like to push the ball down the field when it's there. There's also times you just take the underneath one.

I think off the wing and just behind the striker are probably the two go-to positions, so to speak. I'm comfortable with playing both.

I'm a coach who likes to have the ball, but what I really think is, 'How can you be in charge of the game?' I think, but maybe I am the only one, that the defensive process can take care of the game. Why is that? Because teams wait to defend. If you create something where you go to defend, to steal the ball where you want, it's different.

All coaches say, 'We want to control the game. We want the ball. Blah, blah, blah, blah,' but it's impossible to have the ball all the time.

Whenever you play against Fred - we certainly did it - you let him get it because he has to take three or four touches. He doesn't know how to do one or two touches. Anyone that watches his game, he gets it facing the wrong way, turns, turns, chops, chops and he'll give you the ball three or four times a game.

Pace is just how fast we can get the ball from one end to the other. It's not necessarily how fast we can shoot. It's just a tempo thing.

Losing the ball is not going to help your team, so I am trying to change that.

Every footballer enjoys having the ball at their feet. There are times in training you find yourself without the ball. I enjoy that side of it as well. If we can spend more time working with the ball then everyone will enjoy it.

I watched Pablo Zabaleta countless times on YouTube and clips, because I think his timing of runs into the box is fantastic.

When Messi has the ball centrally, with time, he has so many options to hurt you.

I'm always open. As soon as I cross the half-court line, I'm open.

Whether a player rotates more or less depends on his form and his position. It's not the same for a center back as it is for a winger. Every player is different.

But that's something I enjoyed. That's the game, the challenge, trying to think 'what am I am aiming to do here? Where do I want to pass the ball? What area do I want to get it in?' Then it's instinct... but that's just me, that's how I was made, that's my make-up.

The most important thing is to help the team to come in front of the goal with one-two passes, I drop down, or I give them space, because for defenders, it's always difficult to have a false nine because they don't have a direct player against them, so they don't know exactly what to do.

Our style of play is increasingly based on possession of the ball. It suits me as a forward. We've got an attacking approach, and that means that I get a lot of chances; otherwise, I would have not been able to score so many goals.

I give assists; I create chances, because I can't forget my position. I play still on the wing, not No 9. I play for the team, and everyone can see that.