Dimitri Payet Quotes

Good players win you games, good formations stop you losing them.

It is very tough to beat an English team. The type of football they play is only in the Premier League. They defend as though their lives depend on it. And they are very successful.

If I was to play on the left, I'd rather play there if there was three in midfield.

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

What interests Chiellini and I is not conceding goals. We're able to create chances and it makes us happy when we take them.

When we talk about Arsene Wenger, I like the fact that he focuses 80 percent about the style of play he wants for his team and not taking so much consideration into the other team.

A defensive coordinator is always going to try to throw you something different and get you out of your element, and I have to do better with the pass protection.

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

What Liverpool do really well is they try to get you inside but then close you down.

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.

Tactically, Italians are very strong. They are a lot into tactics: how to defend, when you lose the ball, where will you be?

The last thing you want as a striker is the opposing team putting all 10 players behind the ball.

It's not science; it's common sense: it's playing the right players in the right positions for the style of football you want to implement in a specific game.

When we are organised on the pitch, it is easier to play in defense.

I'm just going out there to do my role, the same role - defense first - and then see how the ball turns out on the offensive end.

It's difficult when you play the best teams in the world. You have to be strong as a team and defend and get clean sheets.

You know what to expect when you play Championship sides. They're very solid defensively, they're not scared to put their foot or head in, and they defend very well.

Against Chelsea, you will have periods in the game when you are right up against it, when they keep the ball. They are pretty solid the way they set their team up.

The best way to stop Messi is when you play with 11 men and then you can double mark him, one player to stay on him and the other to help out. If it is 11 against 10 then you have almost no chance of stopping him.

We know it's impossible sometimes to have good defending against Cristiano Ronaldo but we want to keep the ball, with good possession, as then he can do nothing in attack.

Harry Kane is a very complicated player to stop.

Keeping up your concentration is one of the hardest tasks when you're a centre-back because a team like Bayern tend to dominate and can give you sense of false security.

I believe the most important thing for the defender is to take the ball away from the opposing team, no matter what, and not to allow any space or give any occasions for opponents to score goals.

That's part of my game: just running the wing, defending.

The important thing to understand, from my point of view, is if the opponents break our lines and they are attacking our box, something has gone wrong, and it is me who has to fix it. But fouls in football are normal. You have to do it sometimes.