Everything Quote by Weston McKennie

What we have to put on the pitch is the effort, running. Then the football comes along.

— Rodri

Just by making a tackle or a good pressing run, the stadium lifts and we are on the front foot.

— James Ward-Prowse

Sometimes games may not go the way you plan it, and sometimes you have to do the dirty, gritty stuff well - you have…

— Jesse Lingard

I never hesitate to go into a tackle, and I don't go onto the pitch to pull out of a challenge.

— Granit Xhaka

To be useful in defence, to win back the ball, you don't always have to go sliding into the tackle. It's also about your…

— Andrea Pirlo

Going in for a tackle, you've got to be able to defeat a block. You have to be able to have the correct leverage…

— Leighton Vander Esch

If we are quite defensive and we lose the ball, we just try to get back into our positions and try to defend. That's…

— Ilkay Gundogan

I feel like I'm just going to go full speed and tackle. If that means there is friendly fire on my guy, then that's…

— Jason Pierre-Paul

When we have the ball, the other team has to run. The most important thing is for the players to be prepared to be…

— Jurgen Klopp

My players have to be competitors before footballers. They don't pull out of tackles in training. It's full-tilt and if we pick up injuries,…

— Chris Wilder

We must not dive into tackles but force the opponent to run so that maybe they will crack late in the game.

— Didier Deschamps

When we are organised on the pitch, it is easier to play in defense.

— Leonardo Bonucci