Defender Quote by Ruben Dias

You always have to make defenders think as a striker.

— Chris Sutton

Erling, for me, is a target striker, who can play as a single striker like a target man or together with another striker in…

— Ralf Rangnick

As a defender, it's really important to communicate with the players in front of you and next to you. It makes it easier for…

— Matthijs de Ligt

As a striker, all you want to do is score.

— Edwin van der Sar

There are games where the striker will be useful for the team in terms of creating space and being involved in the game, without…

— Alexandre Lacazette

When you are a striker your aim is to score goals and it doesn't change whether there are three or four strikers behind you…

— Ollie Watkins

When you're a striker, you want to play all the games, and most chances come at the end because defenders are tired.

— Alexandre Lacazette

The first thing a striker wants to do in the Championship is set a target of about 20. After each game I will take…

— Dwight Gayle

The way you rate strikers is with goals and with teams, it is what they win. It's part of the game.

— Nicklas Bendtner

As a striker, most of the time you have three chances.

— Emmanuel Adebayor

You can play just as offensively with one striker as with two.

— Jupp Heynckes

Obviously when you're a striker you need to score. The manager's not going to just play you if you're not scoring.

— Bradley Wright-Phillips