Clean Sheet Quotes

I rate Fabien Barthez and played with two great keepers in Alex Stepney and Harry Gregg.

It doesn't matter how many goals you score; one goal is enough if you don't let one in your net.

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You have to be consistent in your work, consistent in your performances, because, if not, then you might not have as many games as you would like. Less games you play, then less chances to have a clean sheet.

The beginning of everything is our defensive organisation. The clean sheet is always the first objective that we have in the game. Always.

There are plenty of good central defenders around and I enjoy watching them.

It is never good to concede a goal; it is part of our job not to concede, just as it is part of our job to score.

Who is the best goalkeeper in the world? It's always hard to choose because there are so many great goalkeepers.

Such great goalkeepers have played in England over the years - the likes of Gordon Banks, Peter Shilton, and Bert Trautmann.

Not conceding a goal at home is always important in a Cup tie. But despite that there is no doubt that this tie is still wide open.

Everyone thinks I'm looking for attacking football all the time. But the foundation is how you defend - keep a clean sheet, and you have a decent chance to win a game of football.

I enjoy those physical battles and I've been on record saying Virgil van Dijk is the best defender in the world.

We always want to keep a clean sheet, but there are situations we can't control.

I think if you're not conceding so many goals, it gives you a great platform to win games.

What interests Chiellini and I is not conceding goals. We're able to create chances and it makes us happy when we take them.

As a defence, we have to strive for that clean sheet while also giving the attacking players the licence to go and create.

Simon Mignolet has been first class.

It's my job to be a goalkeeper and keep the ball out of the net, and that's what I've done. I've kept a clean sheet.

I want to buy pizza, but my players don't want pizza; maybe they don't love pizza. Because I said when we make a clean sheet, I will buy everybody a pizza. Maybe they wait until I say, 'Okay, a good dinner.' I told them, the clean sheet, I buy everybody a pizza. I think they wait until I improve my offer: 'Okay, a pizza and a hot dog.'

Sometimes you'll go up against keepers like Casillas - the 'penalty killer,' as many of us call him. Other times, there's that one defender that, for 90 minutes, just destroys you. There is one in particular who will always stand out in my mind. Nemanja Vidic.

If I keep a clean sheet, I have had a good game; it is as simple as that.