On the 28th local time, Liverpool Club officially announced that it would renew its contract with coach Klopp until 2026. Klopp is both a Taobao master and a successful football educator, which makes his legacy at Liverpool and the Premier League invaluable.
On Thursday, Liverpool announced a two-year extension with manager Klopp until 2026. For Liverpool, there is nothing more cost-effective than renewing Klopp.
When Klopp became Liverpool manager in 2015, the club was fifth in the Premier League for many years on deloitte's fortune list, with Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea and Arsenal ahead of them. Although he also won the Champions League during his time at Benitez and almost won the Premier League title during his time at Rogers, liverpool fans in general have a lot of frustration, especially not knowing what direction the club should go to become one of the top teams in the Premier League again.
Klopp is one such guide. Three years after he took over Liverpool, Liverpool surpassed Arsenal and Chelsea in the Deloitte Fortune List and only ranked behind the Manchester City duo. More importantly, Liverpool's popularity, confidence and passion are recovering towards the peak of history, reaching the Champions League finals and finally winning the cup, and regaining the league title is almost a natural consequence.
If a game is to illustrate Klopp's value, Liverpool's 2-0 win over Villarreal is a great example. Why Villarreal? Because this team has eliminated the two strong teams juventus and Bayern Munich this season. Emery is an excellent head coach, his technical and tactical design is very targeted, and the yellow submarine counterattack is particularly good. However, despite the full research and preparation for Liverpool, Villarreal did not play his own counter-attacking feature at all, and their number of shots on goal at Anfield in the entire 90 minutes was - 1 and did not shoot correctly.
The Team Newspaper carefully analyzed Liverpool's technical and tactical fragments, arguing that Klopp's team as a whole always seemed to completely crush the opponent physically, but this was not because Liverpool ran much more than the opponent, but the overall movement was very good, leaving the opponent with almost no breathing space.
Klopp introduced the golden rule of counter-snatching in Mainz that year, and in the past 10 years, managers around the world have been learning and trying to evolve, for example, the German coach who currently coaches Genoa, Bleusing, revealed that he intends to hang a bell on the side of the training ground (presumably referring to the kind that can knock out the sound) to let players develop the habit of losing the ball for 5 seconds. But to say who has the most level of counter-robbery arrangement, or Klopp.
Liverpool players have a very strong ability to read the game, and almost every time Villarreal breaks the ball at the back, the Liverpool players have made corresponding moves, cutting off possible ball paths, shrinking the circle of encirclement, while keeping an eye on the opponent's key players, such as Fabinho's "special care" for Parejo. It is surprising that the Liverpool players are particularly relaxed and calm against such an opponent who is good at counter-attacking and good at finding a breakthrough point from the pressure, and is absolutely superior.
In fact, Emery's team is not afraid of the opponent to press out, in addition to the counterattack, but also because the Spanish team is good at handling the ball, the ability to maneuver is excellent. But in football games, their own way is completely read and predicted by the opponent, which is another matter, unable to play any desired effect, the players may play more and more frustrated and almost collapse.
Klopp not only boosted liverpool's value, but the confrontation between him and Guardiola also enhanced the value of the Premier League. In the past Ferguson Wenger Mourinho era, even if the Premier League has been very strong, but there has never been a period of crushing other league opponents purely at the technical and tactical level, Guardiola and Klopp not only brought the most cutting-edge technical and tactical ideas, but also used the Premier League as a testing ground to continue to innovate. Manchester City 4-3 Real Madrid is a sexy attacking match, Liverpool 2-0 Villarreal is a clean and explosive 90 minutes at the technical and tactical level.
Whether many people can realize that playing such a wonderful football, but Klopp's team is not star-studded, lacking top stars such as Ronaldo, Messi, levan, and haaland, Mbappe and other transfer market hotspots have always lacked contact. On the contrary, Klopp is both a Taobao master and a successful football educator, which makes his legacy in Liverpool and the Premier League even more precious.
Wen | Wang Qinbo
Edit | Peppery Soup