Attacking Football Quotes

United are about attacking football, and everything else has to takes its place behind that.

It's in the DNA of River fans to prefer attractive and technical football with plenty of possession. I noticed that quickly, and I was made aware just how important that was to River fans, and so I tried to adapt with my characteristics and ability.

When I signed for Barca, I knew their playing style was suited to my game.

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

When a team goes down to 10 men, it makes you go and attack the game, push bodies forward, and create extra numbers.

I think Barcelona and the Spanish national team have been good for soccer because there are a lot of teams that come up playing from the back: with the goalie, the defense, moving up a defender to midfield, playing attacking soccer. I think fans want to see that. They want to see beautiful soccer, a spectacle, and Barcelona does that.

It is always tough, always difficult playing against Klopp's teams.

I know that Spurs are a team who like to play offensive football.

United fans don't care if the team only has 40 per cent possession as long as they are watching an attacking team. My experience was that the supporters understood that even our best teams, even the teams with Peter Schmeichel or Edwin van der Sar in goal, were going to concede goals.

I like to play attacking football, but I think the big difference is that we expect a lot more from our strikers, to do more pressing and to keep compact. We like to play a high line defensively and press the ball.

Barcelona have a unique approach to the game based on specific types of footballers playing together as one.

With Pep in charge, I feel sure we can win significant silverware and, importantly, we will try to do it playing attractive, attacking football.

Things change, although I believe that certain principles - of attacking, entertaining football - should always be protected.

At Barcelona, it wasn't about winning all the time; it was first about how to win.

The football in Spain is more about skill and technique. Every team tries to play good football. The physical side, with plenty of running and hard tackling, plays more of a role in the Bundesliga.

Scottish football doesn't suit me perfectly, how I want to play football.

When I watch Jurgen Klopp's Borussia Dortmund side, I see a manager who is determined to play in his opponent's half, who is committed to attacking football, and, from the way he conducts himself on the touchline, is clearly an interesting, charismatic personality.

Messi makes the difference most of the time. In particular, he is always going forwards. He never passes the ball backwards or sideways. He has only one idea, to run towards the goal.So as a football fan, just enjoy the show.

When you're at a club like Liverpool, it's always about what you can do with the ball.

Arsenal's style of play is so smooth and easy and I hope I can adapt to their style quickly.

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.

Arsenal and Manchester United play the best football. They're not happy with one goal, they want to win by three.

I like offensive, technical, and quick football - exactly in the style of Arsenal.

I like Sevilla's attacking style. That is why I chose them.

I don't like the Italian approach. I don't want to be involved in that kind of football.