Tiki-Taka Quotes

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

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.

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

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

The way Guardiola plays suits me. It enables me to get into space in attacking positions.

FC Barcelona are known all over the world for playing attractive football, and I naturally wanted to be part of that.

Guardiola has a way of playing; he has a system, and he sticks to that.

Spain are a fantastic team and fantastic squad of players.

Sarri's football can work in England.

Barca are a great team that play fantastic football.

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 don't think City play a Brazilian style - it is more Spanish the way we play here.

Any coach in my era will reference or look at Guardiola's teams. If you look at the style of play, he has had a huge influence on football. And he has innovated it again.

Barcelona are special in the way they play. They're a machine.

I'm an admirer of Guardiola's work.

At first I didn't think I was going to fit into Barcelona's way of playing. There was a lot of tiki-taka and I was thinking that without a lot of space to play in, I'd find it more difficult. I worried about that.

I always watch Barcelona on TV at home because I like how they play.

Pep's Barcelona was spectacular. They had a collective style based on players of talent, which sought control and sought to dominate all over the pitch.

My style suits Barcelona's style of play.

Guardiola has come to City with a very unique style. And he wants to continue that philosophy. We had to work to adapt to his style.

The tactical way of Pep is the most incredible I have ever seen. When he was at Barcelona, that was their best team, I think.

For Guardiola, the system and tactics can change but not the approach, attitude, or philosophy.

My style of play has always been 'Guardiola style,' so I've not had too many problems. At the same time, he helps you to evolve and to change little things, because it's obviously not exactly the same style of play as at Bilbao.

Guardiola and I have the same idea of football.

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.