Chris Smalling Quotes

It's normal that there's pressure at Real Madrid.

I think if you play for Chelsea you have to deal with the pressure, everybody knows the expectations.

When you play for Manchester United, the pressure's on every week.

When you play for United, you have to perform every week.

The pressure is always there with Bayern, but we can cope with it.

The one thing you can't do when you're highly ranked is relax.

There's a lot more pressure on me at United. There are people out there trying to shoot you down.

There is always a lot of pressure at Chelsea, but we are used to this and have to make sure we keep winning games.

I think at a club like Liverpool you always feel a bit of pressure. You should. But it doesn't bother me.

When you're playing for Real Madrid, even when you're playing well, you're under scrutiny.

There's always pressure at a big club.

Pressure, responsibility - I'm used to playing in big clubs.

Being the Manchester United goalkeeper is one of the most difficult jobs in football when you look at the size of the club and the goalkeepers who have been here before. There is a lot of pressure on you, but I have worked hard to cope with that.

Winning a Grand Slam changes everything. There is so much off-court stuff to deal with. And there are expectations of keeping it going that make it tough.

If you're the star of a show, the next one has to be as good or better, and if you're doing a series, if anything goes wrong, it's your fault. There's nobody else to blame.

When you play with a big club, you need to get results every single day, even more when a homegrown player goes into the first team. It's not easy.

At Arsenal and the so-called big clubs, you always know that there will be a bigger spotlight on every single position.

When the audience expects you to do a good job, you become more choosy. It becomes a responsibility.

A lot of people say second seasons are harder than the first because people are now expecting you to do stuff, so yes, that's down to me to work hard and try and improve and, like I say, just letting my football do the talking.

From a very young age people have been touting me as a world champion. So it can be tough, playing in the spotlight and people expecting big things from you all the time.

When you are in a club like Manchester United, you have a lot of pressure around you.

If you are considered as favourites, you have stand up and deliver. You can't make too many mistakes. You have to be the best.

But Liverpool is a big club, and expectations are high, so it is normal that you are going to be criticised.

Everybody expects you to play well, and when you don't have the results, that's tough.

When you come to a club like Liverpool, you need to perform straight away and consistently.