Jurgen Klopp Liverpool Technical Lofted Passes Into The Box Against Deep Defences
Jurgen Klopp Liverpool Technical Lofted Passes Into The Box Against Deep Defences
Jurgen Klopp Liverpool Technical Lofted Passes Into The Box Against Deep Defences
TACTICAL ANALYSIS
SOLUTION 6
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Tactical Solution 6 - Technical Lofted Passes into the Box Against Deep Defences
Why?
When the opposition have a compact defence and don’t use collective team pressing
around the ball area (waiting defence), it makes it difficult to play forward passes,
penetrating passes, or to utilise individual attacking without losing the ball.
How?
Liverpool used technical lofted passes over the top to their attackers in behind their
opponent’s defensive line.
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Tactical Solution 6 - Technical Lofted Passes into the Box Against Deep Defences
Tactical Solution A: Technical Lofted Pass in Behind and into the Box
from a Central Position
With the opponents
deep and positioned
around the box,
Liverpool circulate
the ball from the
flank to the centre.
When this happens,
the attackers take up
positions between
the defenders
and are ready to
make explosive
runs into the box
and in behind. The
defensive midfielder
(3) plays a technical
lofted pass for the
right forward (11) to
score.
Tactical Solution B: Technical Lofted Pass in Behind and into the Box
from a Wide Position
When the ball goes
back or inside, the
players recognise
the situation and
play the pass at
the right time
with the correct
weight and loft.
There is also good
communication and
synchronisation
of the actions and
movements. In this
second example,
central midfielder
No.5 plays a
technical lofted pass
from a wide position
for No.9 to score.
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Tactical Solution 6 - Technical Lofted Passes into the Box Against Deep Defences
21st Dec 2018 Wolves Liverpool 0-2 0-2 (68’) van Dijk Salah
31st Mar 2019 Bayern Munich Liverpool 1-3 1-3 (84’) Mané Salah
26th Apr 2019 Liverpool Huddersfield 5-0 4-0 (66’) Mané Henderson
12th May 2019 Liverpool Wolves 2-0 2-0 (81’) Mané A-Arnold
9th Aug 2019 Liverpool Norwich 4-1 4-0 (42’) Origi * A-Arnold
24th Jun 2020 Liverpool Crystal Palace 4-0 2-0 (44’) Salah Fabinho
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Analysis from Liverpool 3-1 Man Utd (Mané 24’) - 16th Dec 2018, Premier League
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Tactical Solution 6 - Technical Lofted Passes into the Box Against Deep Defences
Fabinho (3) has 4 teammates in front of him Mané (10) sprints ahead of his direct opponent,
around the edge of the box: Salah (11), Keïta receives the ball with his chest to bring the
(8), Wijnaldum (5), and Mané (10). Right back ball down in front of him and finishes into the
Clyne (2) is another potential option on the right bottom corner with his second touch.
side of the pitch.
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Analysis from Liverpool 4-1 Norwich (Origi 42’) - 9th Aug 2019, Premier League
Liverpool’s central
midfielder Henderson
(14) has the ball on the
right flank. He recognises
the tactical situation and
that he has 2 Norwich
players close to him, so
passes back to the right
back A-Arnold (66), who
provides supports from
behind.
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SESSION 6 BASED ON THE
TACTICS OF JÜRGEN KLOPP
Technical Lofted
Passes into
the Box
Against Deep
Defences
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Session for JÜRGEN KLOPP Tactics - Technical Lofted Passes into the Box Against Deep Defences
Objective: One-touch passing combinations + y LF passes to the left back (LB), who makes a
switching point of attack in behind. forward run to provide support. LB changes
the point of attack by passing back and inside
Description (1a) to the defensive midfielder (DM).
y Using half a pitch, we have 8 players across
y DM receives, takes a touch to the right and
both sides starting from the cones. You can
plays a technical lofted pass to switch the
have 10 players so there is 1 spare player on
point of attack in behind the defensive line.
each side.
y The right forward (RF) on the other side
y The practice starts with the central
moves inside and in behind to receive the
midfielder (CM) dribbling the ball forward
pass in the box and try to score past the GK.
and passing the ball to the left forward (LF),
who checks away to the outside and then y Restart with the central midfielder (CM) from
moves inside to receive the pass. the right side.
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1b: Technical Lofted Pass into the Box from a Wide Position
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PROGRESSION
2. Maintain Possession and Switch Point of Attack with a
Lofted Pass into the Box in a Functional Rondo Game
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