Coach Quote by Luis Enrique

Our defence works the same way every game: a desire to win, a desire to not concede, a desire to make the opponents feel…

— Ruben Dias

When you make a mistake, and the team is not doing well in defence, then the centre-backs and the 'keeper suffer more than the…

— Rafael Benitez

I think that's part of building your team is trying to anticipate where your team is going and to a certain extent where, especially…

— Bill Belichick

If you have a game where you're under pressure, obviously there are going to be a lot of shots on target, and you're going…

— Wojciech Szczesny

We want to create a problem for the defense, a moment of indecision as they figure out how they want to play against whatever…

— Hank Stram

Goals often come from a mistake much further up the field, yet the analysis and blame will always be on the defence.

— Per Mertesacker

I think with defense especially, you have your core principles. If you do those consistently, then it's easy to make, sort of, game-to-game adjustments.…

— J. J. Redick

It's more frustrating for a player on the defense when teams are doing whatever they want.

— Minkah Fitzpatrick

You can't have three defenders moving up and one going back. The decisions a team makes are important. As a whole.

— Guus Hiddink

If the players don't trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.

— Bill Parcells

The goals we get against are not really that people outplay us. I think it's the mistakes we make. It's when we have the…

— Kevin De Bruyne

For me, as a coach, it is important to put together a team that not only blends but finds the right balance between defence…

— Jupp Heynckes