Brendan Rodgers Quotes

I think I have that ability to win the ball back quickly when we lose it.

I want the ball for 90 minutes. When I don't have the ball, I go high pressing because I want the ball.

When I play, I like to use my pace and to link up with my team-mates.

I like playing just outside of my own penalty box, the player who receives the ball and organises the game.

Carrying the ball is one of the strongest points in my game and I like to be a danger on the pitch.

Things happen fast. That's this league. You can't slow down, because it's going.

I just want to show my speed and my skills as a left back and it's a position where I can go forward and come back as well and help the team both defending and attacking.

I run my routes like a crossover dribble. It's about taking angles, faking one way but going the other, and being savvy. And then, instead of running to the basket, I'm running away from the defender.

For me it's more difficult to play against the quicker wingers, but for the team it's perhaps more difficult to face players that are good passers, because one through ball can take the whole team out of the game.

I like attacking football, but that's not the only thing the game's about.

I learned how to defend the ball with my body and to be faster than my opponents.

Slowly from just touching the ball I got to making the ball and eventually hitting a decent defensive shot. Because I don't have a lot of weapons I have to use my speed.

The thing about being a striker is you need to be lightning-fast.

What I want is to recover the ball as near to the other box as we can, and when we have the ball, play.

When we have the ball, the other team has to run. The most important thing is for the players to be prepared to be a little bit wild.

The pace of the game has changed even while I've been a player. It always seems to be getting quicker. You need to be fast, quick to get around the park, need to be able to press and defend and get in peoples' faces, and you need quality on the ball.

When you are a tricky wide player, you are always used to tackles and challenges.

I've always been a player on the move. It's not because I like running. I like getting the ball.

I work on crossing the ball at pace. That's something that is not easy. And my first touch has improved, as has my understanding of the game.

I try to get early contact and keep it on the ground. I like to keep the ball down as much as I can.

The archetypal No. 10 is a skillful player who is more interested in being in possession than tracking to get the ball back.

I think we have more athleticism, I think we have more pace and that's going to be important to deal with Ghana.

Therefore, if you are attacked, retaliate instantly. Be sudden. Be quick. Speed is your salvation.

Football's always easier when you've got the ball.

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