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Xabi Alonso Quotes
Xabi Alonso Quotes
Xabi Alonso
Spanish
Athlete
Born:
Nov 25
,
1981
Club
Game
Good
Liverpool
Me
You
I grew up a lot as a professional and as a person in Liverpool, and I have very strong links to the club and the city.
Xabi Alonso
Strong
Club
City
Lot
Up
Very
Links
Person
Grew
Professional
Liverpool
Sometimes that kind of last-ditch tackle can get the crowd excited, and you get a push from that. It's important to play with that psychological side of the game, but it depends on the quality of the player.
Xabi Alonso
You
Game
Quality
Sometimes
Important
Side
Kind
Tackle
Crowd
Push
Excited
Get
Depends
Psychological
Play
Player
Cristiano has unique qualities, brings danger in one-on-one situations, and has the ability to score and find something different.
Xabi Alonso
Danger
Find
Ability
One-On-One
Something
Qualities
Score
Situations
Different
Unique
Brings
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
Time
Great
Game
Memories
Back
I Feel
Great Memories
Something
Something Special
Feel
Because
Whenever
Special
Each
Each Time
Liverpool
Watch
Brings
You need to have the same ideas to work as a team, to have a good team spirit. And you don't get there in a day or even a month. It takes some time to get there.
Xabi Alonso
Work
Time
Good
Day
You
Month
Some
Spirit
Takes
Ideas
Get
Same
Team
Team Spirit
Even
Need
Football is a lot to do with mental state.
Xabi Alonso
State
Mental
Football
Lot
There are not many better clubs to play football for than Liverpool.
Xabi Alonso
Better
Football
Than
Clubs
Many
Liverpool
Play
Play Football
I stay in contact with friends I have in Liverpool. It's not a normal club; it's so special and very important to me.
Xabi Alonso
Me
Important
Club
Stay
Contact
Normal
Friends
Very
Special
Liverpool
The only thing I regret is not winning the Premier League with Liverpool. I'll never know how that feels and experience the reaction of the city, as I did after Istanbul. It hurts because I know the people want the league title more than anything.
Xabi Alonso
Experience
People
Regret
Hurts
City
More
Only
More Than Anything
Winning
Never
Feels
League
Know
Reaction
Because
How
Istanbul
Than
Did
Want
The Only Thing
After
Anything
Title
Premier
Premier League
Liverpool
Thing
If you have control of the midfield, you have control of the game, and you have more chances to win.
Xabi Alonso
You
Game
Win
Control
More
Midfield
Chances
I feel very comfortable with the system used by Mourinho. It's a very dynamic 4-2-3-1 that can easily change to 4-3-3 or 4-1-4-1 depending on the moment or the team's needs. He really knows what he wants.
Xabi Alonso
Needs
Change
Easily
System
I Feel
He
Feel
Knows
Comfortable
Very
Depending
Wants
Dynamic
Really
Used
Team
Moment
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