Luis Enrique Quotes

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

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

I like it when the team is in control of the match. I like very much the ball possession; I like to play in the other half.

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.

All coaches say, 'We want to control the game. We want the ball. Blah, blah, blah, blah,' but it's impossible to have the ball all the time.

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.

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

For me, possession is to keep the ball while you are waiting for the possibility to penetrate. Every pass is for a reason.

There are a lot of teams that don't want to play, that only want to defend against Barcelona, and that makes it difficult. We're always looking for the open space. A lot of times we'll face six defenders and four midfielders.

Rushing the ball is all about ball control. If you run the ball, you control the clock. If you control the clock, you usually control the game.

The only thing I would like is to have more control of the game in terms of possession.

You have to take care of the ball to win football games.

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.

At Tottenham, I'm asked to take a lot of risks to keep maximum possession of the ball and build from the back.

When you are a coach, you are watching how the team is positioning itself on the field - if your team is in possession of the ball, you are already anticipating what could happen if you lose the ball.

Football is open; it is not only keeping possession of the ball and making more passes.

When you master all defensive and offensive aspects of the game and always enjoy the majority of possession, you're sitting in pole position to win.

To me, a good running back is a good defense. A good running back helps you keep your defense off the field.

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.

I always try and get as many as touches as I can with the ball because that's the most important thing for me as a player is to feel comfortable in that way.

I prefer getting a lot of the ball.

I try to get early contact and keep it on the ground. I like to keep the ball down as much as I can.

Always, even with the U17s in Spain, U19s, we play from the back, and we try to improve on that a lot. So I always enjoy having the ball at my feet.