Quotes from Ilkay Gundogan

From my own experience, the more you play, back-to-back games, the better you feel, with more self confidence and rhythm.

Football has to keep being part of my daily routine!

In sporting terms, I'm very satisfied with City - there are less attractive jobs in Europe!

I like to have the ball first of all and to pass, these short passes to create the space at the right moment.

I try to do my best in training and to get in shape and be prepared.

You know it's part of football to lose, it belongs to it and its necessary because then you know what a feeling it is to win and you want to achieve that more and more. If you lose you appreciate winning a little bit more.

When you are not able to score the first goal, maybe we get nervous and don't 100% feel the confidence is there and we have to be patient.

Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola are the two best teachers in the world.

I prefer to get my own picture of people and Pep was the main reason that I moved to City. I am very happy with how things have gone, both personally and in a sporting sense.

Pep Guardiola tactically brings a gift that is second to none in the world.

Playing for Pep has certainly lived up to the expectations. I knew him from the Bundesliga and saw him coaching Barcelona when everyone saw an excellent manager who is able to get players to improve. He is a great personality and a very nice guy.

Pep's arrival at City was the biggest factor in me coming here. Every player wants to works with him. If you ask any player, they would be happy to do so even if it was just for a few months.

Pep has so much charisma that always makes you give more than 100 per cent, not only in matches, but in training too. His way of understanding the game also suits my style perfectly.

You have to learn how to behave in these kind of moments when you are not able to control the game 100 per cent.

Winning the Champions League is what you dream about when you are a small child.

My parents wanted me to have a good education, so I finished school, and at the same time I was able to play football.

In a team like Manchester City, Arsenal, and other big clubs, it's quite difficult just to have the same 11 players starting every week.

When you have no concerns in your mind you are able to win a lot of times, that's how I felt when we were able to win at Dortmund.

Klopp's philosophy? Getting the ball back, a quick switching game, combinations and then ice cold in front of goal.

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 something you have to do from time to time.

I like to have the ball, to have possession and to play passes, to create chances for my team-mates. I think that is what makes me strong.

I am convinced that you should always play the way you want to play and success will then come on its own - as long as it's a good philosophy.

I think people always criticise Mesut because they think his attitude on the pitch is not a good one, that he doesn't care that much. But I think people just struggle to accept that you can have the more emotional kind of players, the more aggressive ones and you have players like him, you know, that need maybe this calmness for their game.

I wish that sometimes there is a little more honesty and that you can discuss things openly. There should not be taboo subjects.