Attack Quote by Xavi

Some teams can't or don't pass the ball. What are you playing for? What's the point? That's not football. Combine, pass, play. That's football—for…

— Xavi

Sometimes the games just pan out that way. One team is putting pressure on the other and when you are under pressure, you have…

— Eidur Gudjohnsen

It's a team game, but you've got to have individuals that really want the ball and want the pressure of being there to help…

— Antonio Brown

I believe in passing football with a purpose. You have to be physically strong and sometimes, in some games, you have to be more…

— Roberto Di Matteo

I'm accustomed to pressure. It's what we, as players, live. If you don't want pressure, then football is not for you.

— Roberto Firmino

You need to beat a defender when you have the ball. You need to be able to successfully pass to a team-mate, and there…

— Edgar Davids

The fundamentals, what I want, which is to take the ball, try to play as offensive as possible and dominate the game through the…

— Pep Guardiola

I can come out and lead a team defensively, pressure the ball, do what you need me to do. And offensively, I've been able…

— De'Aaron Fox

If we can't handle pressure, we don't play football.

— Paulinho

I don't like to put much pressure on myself but yeah that is my sort of football: get the ball, run with it, use…

— Oliver Burke

For me, possession is to keep the ball while you are waiting for the possibility to penetrate. Every pass is for a reason.

— Michael Laudrup

When there's pressure on the ball, you can go man-to-man on your striker; you've got the advantage because the ball pressure means it'll be…

— Vincent Kompany