Defensive Mistakes Quotes

First year in the league, I tried to block everything. And I'd foul out. I averaged the most fouls per minute.

We want to create a problem for the defense, a moment of indecision as they figure out how they want to play against whatever formation we may show. We get a slight edge this way. Also, we create the opportunity for a defense to make more mistakes.

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 feel like everybody makes mistakes defensively.

Conceding just before half-time never helps.

I've been trying to figure out what mistakes I'm making defensively as far as help defensive stuff.

If you are making mistakes at centre-back then inevitably that results in an effort on your goal and your goalkeeper has to make a save.

Massive, massive mentality. The mental strength, you've just got to have that because you get a lot of stick, as a goalkeeper you're the last line of defence. When a goal goes in everyone looks at you, you've got to be able to deal with that. If you make a mistake, it could be a bad mistake, how are you going to recover? Are you going to react positively or are you just going to cave in?

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.

When you go 18 games unbeaten people will say 'wow he's really good' but when you make mistakes they will point the finger at the back four.

When you make a mistake, and the team is not doing well in defence, then the centre-backs and the 'keeper suffer more than the others.

You don't want to be giving away free-kicks in the penalty area.

If a team concedes a goal, then the first question is always of the goalkeeper.

What counts aren't the number of double plays, but the ones you should have had and missed.