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They're both huge clubs, clubs that always want to win. I think at Bayern there’s a bit more pressure. And of course, if you manage to deliver the performances, playing well and ticking the right boxes that the fans expect of you…
To begin with, you play with a bit more freedom without too much thought. Then when I started playing with [Manchester] City, it really kicked off with Pep Guardiola. It went further into the tactical side, where I then learnt a lot myself, where you should position yourself, how you then have to react, and from you obviously take a lot away. And then over the years, you try to bring that to your own game as you develop, building that into your style of play.
For me everything has gone very quickly. [I was] in the senior squad at Schalke for a year and a half, then to Manchester City, where we were also really successful, and then to Bayern. Many things happened outside [football], people start to recognise you more but, in the end, you just want to play football above all and enjoy what is happening because it flies past very quickly. Time passes very fast, even if it doesn’t seem like it at first, at the end of the season, you realise and think, “Oh wow, it’s all in the past.”
I have to say that I mainly learned this playing under Pep Guardiola, even when I wasn’t playing in specific positions there. You have to pay close attention to how your team-mates are playing. That’s what it all depends upon. 'How is the midfielder playing? What do I need to then do? How is the defender playing?' You have to react to what is going on around you. These are aspects that I’ve learnt and picked up [along the way] and I try to put them to use in the game so that I’m in a better position to help my team-mates. The fact that we have quick players makes it easier and, yes, those are some of the tactical points regarding what we have to do in certain situations or where we need to be. I try to implement that, depending on the tactical instructions from the manager. And, yes, those are points where I think, 'OK, I need to deliver this.'
It’s difficult to say. I played on the left for a long time for Schalke, then I started to play on the right. Here at Bayern I’ve played on the left, on the right, in the middle, ultimately just wherever it works best for the match in question, wherever the manager plays me. So I wouldn’t say I have a favourite position.
I can’t say exactly why. The Champions League is such a big thing. You always play in the evening. You have the special stars on the ball. And it’s a completely different rhythm and comes with a completely different pressure. Most football fans have been watching the Champions League since they were a child, and you see the big names on the pitch and you just want to enjoy that. You want to enjoy these Champions League games as much as possible, that is of course the same for all games. But, yes, in the last two years, my statistics were a bit better.
They're both huge clubs, clubs that always want to win. I think at Bayern there’s a bit more pressure. And of course, if you manage to deliver the performances, playing well and ticking the right boxes that the fans expect of you…
To begin with, you play with a bit more freedom without too much thought. Then when I started playing with [Manchester] City, it really kicked off with Pep Guardiola. It went further into the tactical side, where I then learnt a lot myself, where you should position yourself, how you then have to react, and from you obviously take a lot away. And then over the years, you try to bring that to your own game as you develop, building that into your style of play.
For me everything has gone very quickly. [I was] in the senior squad at Schalke for a year and a half, then to Manchester City, where we were also really successful, and then to Bayern. Many things happened outside [football], people start to recognise you more but, in the end, you just want to play football above all and enjoy what is happening because it flies past very quickly. Time passes very fast, even if it doesn’t seem like it at first, at the end of the season, you realise and think, “Oh wow, it’s all in the past.”
I have to say that I mainly learned this playing under Pep Guardiola, even when I wasn’t playing in specific positions there. You have to pay close attention to how your team-mates are playing. That’s what it all depends upon. 'How is the midfielder playing? What do I need to then do? How is the defender playing?' You have to react to what is going on around you. These are aspects that I’ve learnt and picked up [along the way] and I try to put them to use in the game so that I’m in a better position to help my team-mates. The fact that we have quick players makes it easier and, yes, those are some of the tactical points regarding what we have to do in certain situations or where we need to be. I try to implement that, depending on the tactical instructions from the manager. And, yes, those are points where I think, 'OK, I need to deliver this.'
It’s difficult to say. I played on the left for a long time for Schalke, then I started to play on the right. Here at Bayern I’ve played on the left, on the right, in the middle, ultimately just wherever it works best for the match in question, wherever the manager plays me. So I wouldn’t say I have a favourite position.
I can’t say exactly why. The Champions League is such a big thing. You always play in the evening. You have the special stars on the ball. And it’s a completely different rhythm and comes with a completely different pressure. Most football fans have been watching the Champions League since they were a child, and you see the big names on the pitch and you just want to enjoy that. You want to enjoy these Champions League games as much as possible, that is of course the same for all games. But, yes, in the last two years, my statistics were a bit better.
They're both huge clubs, clubs that always want to win. I think at Bayern there’s a bit more pressure. And of course, if you manage to deliver the performances, playing well and ticking the right boxes that the fans expect of you…
To begin with, you play with a bit more freedom without too much thought. Then when I started playing with [Manchester] City, it really kicked off with Pep Guardiola. It went further into the tactical side, where I then learnt a lot myself, where you should position yourself, how you then have to react, and from you obviously take a lot away. And then over the years, you try to bring that to your own game as you develop, building that into your style of play.
For me everything has gone very quickly. [I was] in the senior squad at Schalke for a year and a half, then to Manchester City, where we were also really successful, and then to Bayern. Many things happened outside [football], people start to recognise you more but, in the end, you just want to play football above all and enjoy what is happening because it flies past very quickly. Time passes very fast, even if it doesn’t seem like it at first, at the end of the season, you realise and think, “Oh wow, it’s all in the past.”
I have to say that I mainly learned this playing under Pep Guardiola, even when I wasn’t playing in specific positions there. You have to pay close attention to how your team-mates are playing. That’s what it all depends upon. 'How is the midfielder playing? What do I need to then do? How is the defender playing?' You have to react to what is going on around you. These are aspects that I’ve learnt and picked up [along the way] and I try to put them to use in the game so that I’m in a better position to help my team-mates. The fact that we have quick players makes it easier and, yes, those are some of the tactical points regarding what we have to do in certain situations or where we need to be. I try to implement that, depending on the tactical instructions from the manager. And, yes, those are points where I think, 'OK, I need to deliver this.'
It’s difficult to say. I played on the left for a long time for Schalke, then I started to play on the right. Here at Bayern I’ve played on the left, on the right, in the middle, ultimately just wherever it works best for the match in question, wherever the manager plays me. So I wouldn’t say I have a favourite position.
I can’t say exactly why. The Champions League is such a big thing. You always play in the evening. You have the special stars on the ball. And it’s a completely different rhythm and comes with a completely different pressure. Most football fans have been watching the Champions League since they were a child, and you see the big names on the pitch and you just want to enjoy that. You want to enjoy these Champions League games as much as possible, that is of course the same for all games. But, yes, in the last two years, my statistics were a bit better.
They're both huge clubs, clubs that always want to win. I think at Bayern there’s a bit more pressure. And of course, if you manage to deliver the performances, playing well and ticking the right boxes that the fans expect of you…
To begin with, you play with a bit more freedom without too much thought. Then when I started playing with [Manchester] City, it really kicked off with Pep Guardiola. It went further into the tactical side, where I then learnt a lot myself, where you should position yourself, how you then have to react, and from you obviously take a lot away. And then over the years, you try to bring that to your own game as you develop, building that into your style of play.
For me everything has gone very quickly. [I was] in the senior squad at Schalke for a year and a half, then to Manchester City, where we were also really successful, and then to Bayern. Many things happened outside [football], people start to recognise you more but, in the end, you just want to play football above all and enjoy what is happening because it flies past very quickly. Time passes very fast, even if it doesn’t seem like it at first, at the end of the season, you realise and think, “Oh wow, it’s all in the past.”
I have to say that I mainly learned this playing under Pep Guardiola, even when I wasn’t playing in specific positions there. You have to pay close attention to how your team-mates are playing. That’s what it all depends upon. 'How is the midfielder playing? What do I need to then do? How is the defender playing?' You have to react to what is going on around you. These are aspects that I’ve learnt and picked up [along the way] and I try to put them to use in the game so that I’m in a better position to help my team-mates. The fact that we have quick players makes it easier and, yes, those are some of the tactical points regarding what we have to do in certain situations or where we need to be. I try to implement that, depending on the tactical instructions from the manager. And, yes, those are points where I think, 'OK, I need to deliver this.'
It’s difficult to say. I played on the left for a long time for Schalke, then I started to play on the right. Here at Bayern I’ve played on the left, on the right, in the middle, ultimately just wherever it works best for the match in question, wherever the manager plays me. So I wouldn’t say I have a favourite position.
I can’t say exactly why. The Champions League is such a big thing. You always play in the evening. You have the special stars on the ball. And it’s a completely different rhythm and comes with a completely different pressure. Most football fans have been watching the Champions League since they were a child, and you see the big names on the pitch and you just want to enjoy that. You want to enjoy these Champions League games as much as possible, that is of course the same for all games. But, yes, in the last two years, my statistics were a bit better.
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They're both huge clubs, clubs that always want to win. I think at Bayern there’s a bit more pressure. And of course, if you manage to deliver the performances, playing well and ticking the right boxes that the fans expect of you…
To begin with, you play with a bit more freedom without too much thought. Then when I started playing with [Manchester] City, it really kicked off with Pep Guardiola. It went further into the tactical side, where I then learnt a lot myself, where you should position yourself, how you then have to react, and from you obviously take a lot away. And then over the years, you try to bring that to your own game as you develop, building that into your style of play.
For me everything has gone very quickly. [I was] in the senior squad at Schalke for a year and a half, then to Manchester City, where we were also really successful, and then to Bayern. Many things happened outside [football], people start to recognise you more but, in the end, you just want to play football above all and enjoy what is happening because it flies past very quickly. Time passes very fast, even if it doesn’t seem like it at first, at the end of the season, you realise and think, “Oh wow, it’s all in the past.”
I have to say that I mainly learned this playing under Pep Guardiola, even when I wasn’t playing in specific positions there. You have to pay close attention to how your team-mates are playing. That’s what it all depends upon. 'How is the midfielder playing? What do I need to then do? How is the defender playing?' You have to react to what is going on around you. These are aspects that I’ve learnt and picked up [along the way] and I try to put them to use in the game so that I’m in a better position to help my team-mates. The fact that we have quick players makes it easier and, yes, those are some of the tactical points regarding what we have to do in certain situations or where we need to be. I try to implement that, depending on the tactical instructions from the manager. And, yes, those are points where I think, 'OK, I need to deliver this.'
It’s difficult to say. I played on the left for a long time for Schalke, then I started to play on the right. Here at Bayern I’ve played on the left, on the right, in the middle, ultimately just wherever it works best for the match in question, wherever the manager plays me. So I wouldn’t say I have a favourite position.
I can’t say exactly why. The Champions League is such a big thing. You always play in the evening. You have the special stars on the ball. And it’s a completely different rhythm and comes with a completely different pressure. Most football fans have been watching the Champions League since they were a child, and you see the big names on the pitch and you just want to enjoy that. You want to enjoy these Champions League games as much as possible, that is of course the same for all games. But, yes, in the last two years, my statistics were a bit better.
They're both huge clubs, clubs that always want to win. I think at Bayern there’s a bit more pressure. And of course, if you manage to deliver the performances, playing well and ticking the right boxes that the fans expect of you…
To begin with, you play with a bit more freedom without too much thought. Then when I started playing with [Manchester] City, it really kicked off with Pep Guardiola. It went further into the tactical side, where I then learnt a lot myself, where you should position yourself, how you then have to react, and from you obviously take a lot away. And then over the years, you try to bring that to your own game as you develop, building that into your style of play.
For me everything has gone very quickly. [I was] in the senior squad at Schalke for a year and a half, then to Manchester City, where we were also really successful, and then to Bayern. Many things happened outside [football], people start to recognise you more but, in the end, you just want to play football above all and enjoy what is happening because it flies past very quickly. Time passes very fast, even if it doesn’t seem like it at first, at the end of the season, you realise and think, “Oh wow, it’s all in the past.”
I have to say that I mainly learned this playing under Pep Guardiola, even when I wasn’t playing in specific positions there. You have to pay close attention to how your team-mates are playing. That’s what it all depends upon. 'How is the midfielder playing? What do I need to then do? How is the defender playing?' You have to react to what is going on around you. These are aspects that I’ve learnt and picked up [along the way] and I try to put them to use in the game so that I’m in a better position to help my team-mates. The fact that we have quick players makes it easier and, yes, those are some of the tactical points regarding what we have to do in certain situations or where we need to be. I try to implement that, depending on the tactical instructions from the manager. And, yes, those are points where I think, 'OK, I need to deliver this.'
It’s difficult to say. I played on the left for a long time for Schalke, then I started to play on the right. Here at Bayern I’ve played on the left, on the right, in the middle, ultimately just wherever it works best for the match in question, wherever the manager plays me. So I wouldn’t say I have a favourite position.
I can’t say exactly why. The Champions League is such a big thing. You always play in the evening. You have the special stars on the ball. And it’s a completely different rhythm and comes with a completely different pressure. Most football fans have been watching the Champions League since they were a child, and you see the big names on the pitch and you just want to enjoy that. You want to enjoy these Champions League games as much as possible, that is of course the same for all games. But, yes, in the last two years, my statistics were a bit better.
Etiam erat velit scelerisque in dictum non. Dictum non consectetur a erat nam at. Scelerisque felis imperdiet proin fermentum leo. Nibh tortor id aliquet lectus proin nibh nisl. Nulla at volutpat diam ut venenatis. At urna condimentum mattis pellentesque id nibh tortor id aliquet. Leo a diam sollicitudin tempor id eu nisl nunc mi. Dui vivamus arcu felis bibendum ut. Pharetra convallis posuere morbi leo urna molestie. Adipiscing at in tellus integer feugiat scelerisque. In arcu cursus euismod quis. Dictum non consectetur a erat nam at lectus urna duis. Facilisi nullam vehicula ipsum a arcu cursus. At tempor commodo ullamcorper a lacus vestibulum sed arcu non. Ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit pellentesque habitant. Vitae sapien pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus. Eget nullam non nisi est sit amet facilisis. Ipsum consequat nisl vel pretium lectus quam. Elit sed vulputate mi sit amet mauris commodo quis. Pretium fusce id velit ut tortor pretium viverra suspendisse potenti.
