Aymeric Laporte Quotes

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

The way Guardiola plays suits me. It enables me to get into space in attacking positions.

I don't have any secrets. I know my style of football and sometimes it's pretty simple.

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

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.

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.

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

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

If you can play effective counter-attacking football, as you see in the Premier League, it's very effective.

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

In international football, you need pace and you need your players up top to create things out of nothing and run at people.

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

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.

In England and Germany, perhaps, there is more of a focus on the physical side of the game, in breaking down the opposition's play, especially against the lower placed sides.

Football is open; it is not only keeping possession of the ball and making more passes.

Maybe Klopp is the best manager in the world at creating teams who attack the back four with so many players, from almost anywhere on the pitch. They have an intensity with the ball and without the ball, and it is not easy to do that.

Guardiola and I have the same idea of football.

There are a lot of things you can practise to unsettle teams that defend deep.

Italy do not only defend; they can attack, too. They have attacking qualities, and they create chances.

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.

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

Anytime you get good service to the box, it's always great as an attacking player because it gives you more opportunities to score.

When you play at home in European football, you've got to come up with a happy balance where you get on the front foot and try to win it without leaving yourself vulnerable.

United are capable of setting up a low block and making it difficult, but they're also capable of coming out and pressing high.

Cruyff's idea was, quite literally, to play football - nothing more, nothing less. His idea of how football should be played was based not on controlling the opponent, but on the ball and the game.