{"id":9545,"date":"2017-04-07T15:35:29","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T14:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehighertempopress.com\/?p=9545"},"modified":"2017-04-07T16:02:30","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T15:02:30","slug":"recreating-klopps-tactics-fm17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehighertempopress.com\/2017\/04\/recreating-klopps-tactics-fm17\/","title":{"rendered":"Recreating Klopp’s Tactics in FM17"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jurgen Klopp has been winning praise for the way he aims to be only the 3rd manager to take Liverpool into the top 4 within the last 10 years, but is it possible to replicate his \u201cheavy metal\u201d style of football in FM17?<\/p>\n

To work out how to implement this in Football Manager we first need to work out how Liverpool play in real-life.<\/p>\n

The Lineup<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

If we break down the Liverpool team into the various positions and appearances played this season it becomes quite apparent that Klopp firstly has a set formation and secondly has an established first team – which should help us quite significantly with re-creating Klopp’s tactics<\/p>\n

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So it looks like a pretty standard 4-3-3 with a back 4 of Clyne, Lovren, Matip, Milner with a midfield trio of Wijnaldum, Henderson and Lallana and finally Mane, Firmino and Coutinho as wingers\/striker.<\/p>\n

Player Roles<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Defence<\/strong><\/p>\n

We\u2019ll start off analysing the defence – using details from Liverpool\u2019s recent 3-1 win in the Merseyside derby against Everton.<\/p>\n

As predicted by the graphic above, Liverpool played with Matip and Lovren as centre-backs with Milner at left-back and Clyne at right back.<\/p>\n

As we can see via Milner\u2019s heat map for the Everton game, he obviously (considering his real-life work-rate and delivery) plays in a very attacking role.<\/p>\n

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Image via whoscored.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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