# Klopp — Liverpool 2019/20 (Champions)

- **Style:** Gegenpress
- **Mentality:** Attacking
- **Formation (in possession):** 4-3-3
- **Formation (out of possession):** 4-5-1

## Players

| Position | In-possession role | Out-of-possession role |
|---|---|---|
| GK | Ball-Playing Goalkeeper | Sweeper Keeper |
| DR | Wing-Back | Full-Back |
| DCR | Centre-Back | Centre-Back |
| DCL | Ball-Playing Centre-Back | Covering Centre-Back |
| DL | Wing-Back | Full-Back |
| DM | Defensive Midfielder | Screening DM |
| MCR | Central Midfielder | Pressing CM |
| MCL | Central Midfielder | Pressing CM |
| AMR | Inside Forward | Inside Outlet Winger |
| AML | Inside Forward | Inside Outlet Winger |
| ST | False Nine | Tracking Centre Forward |

## Team instructions — In possession

- **Passing Directness:** Standard
- **Tempo:** Higher
- **Attacking Transition:** Counter-Attack
- **Build-Up Strategy:** Balanced

## Team instructions — Out of possession

- **Line of Engagement:** High Press
- **Defensive Line:** Higher
- **Defensive Transition:** Counter-Press
- **Trigger Press:** Much More Often
- **Tackling:** Get Stuck In