Each time I watch a Liverpool game, I feel something special, especially whenever it's at Anfield, because it brings back great memories. — Xabi Alonso Copy Share Image
I don't think tackling is a quality. It is a recurso, something you have to resort to, not a characteristic of your… — Xabi Alonso Copy Share Image
If you have control of the midfield, you have control of the game, and you have more chances to win. — Xabi Alonso Copy Share Image
Passion isn't something you work on. It's more important to construct a good team, to know how you are going to play,… — Xabi Alonso Copy Share Image
How many times have you seen me run into the box with the ball, dribbling past players? It's uncommon because it's not… — Xabi Alonso Copy Share Image
My game is not to have one great action. My game is to be consistent throughout: to bring the ball in the… — Xabi Alonso Copy Share Image
Guardiola has a lot of knowledge about the game and understands the psychology of the players. You can see all the things… — Xabi Alonso Copy Share Image
Sometimes that kind of last-ditch tackle can get the crowd excited, and you get a push from that. It's important to play… — Xabi Alonso Copy Share Image
That is probably the biggest issue about the English game. You need to be a great player and great at striking the… — Xabi Alonso Copy Share Image
In England, those qualities of playing it simple, being in the right position, reading the game, knowing the right moment to make… — Xabi Alonso Copy Share Image
If you win the midfield, you probably win the game. But that doesn't mean the players in the midfield are the ones… — Xabi Alonso Copy Share Image
I have learned from all of my coaches, and I am sure I will learn a lot with Guardiola. — Xabi Alonso Copy Share
To be fighting at European level, you need players who know how to play in the big games. — Xabi Alonso Copy Share
How many times have you seen me run into the box with the ball, dribbling past players? It's uncommon because it's not my game;… — Xabi Alonso Copy Share
If I decide somewhere along the way to take my chances as a manager, my link, my commitment, my passion with Liverpool is there. — Xabi Alonso Copy Share
That is probably the biggest issue about the English game. You need to be a great player and great at striking the ball, of… — Xabi Alonso Copy Share
I have played at Liverpool, a special club, grown as a player and won titles. — Xabi Alonso Copy Share
Leaving Liverpool was the toughest decision I had to make in football because I was in an exemplary club, a proper football club, with… — Xabi Alonso Copy Share
