Hugo Lloris Quotes

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

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

My teams have always been dominant about having the ball but having the ball to create opportunities. That's always been the clear way of my work.

The important thing for me is we want to keep the ball, we want to have the ball because we are Arsenal football club.

It's not easy to create chances or a game when you're just receiving long balls.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

It is an important part of the role of a centre-back to focus on building up the game and initiating moves.

When you have a lot of ball possession, you have a lot of ball possession to create chances, not to play the ball around and not score.

We try and play football in a positive way. Any team has to be defensively organised, but you have to look at the attributes of the players and play to their strengths.

With Bayern, we want a lot of ball possession and to control the play, so I operate sometimes like the 11th outfield player. Thus I am included a lot into the build-up play and have a lot of touches of the ball.

United's history was built on attacking football, which does not always mean that the team kept clean sheets or did not concede chances.

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

I always tried to defend high up the pitch, to be in the opposition's half and play the game there.

If you play on possession, you don't have to defend, because there's only one ball

In five years I have never had a match where my team has had less possession than the opponents.

I've never seen a Barca without control of the game. I've never seen a Barca that doesn't have the ball and lets the opposition attack all the time.

Sometimes you can get sloppy and control the ball right at your feet, and that gives the defenders a chance.

The truth is I like the style of playing the ball out and hitting long passes.

The style is the same at all levels, which facilitates things: bring the ball out from the back, keep possession, work gaps to create chances. It's like that from the Under-15s all the way through. That's the Spanish way, and it has triumphed.

I like teams to control and dominate the ball so the players are hungry for the ball.

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.