Changing Times : Jürgen Klopp

Jürgen Klopp — The Charismatic One

A charming charisma typifies Jürgen Klopp’s managerial style. In many ways, he is the German equivalent of Brian Clough. So full of punch lines and so animated on the touchline as he leads his team. In the process, he has made his team a firm favourite among the neutrals.

That charisma however is so engulfing that much like Clough, it is sometimes difficult to assess Klopp’s tactical acumen. Indeed, while every game is somehow about him, there is a way in which he sets out his team that makes every game about them.

With quick transitions, ferocious pressing and rapid counter-attacks, Borrusia Dortmund has come to

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It was not that Manchester United played badly. It just was that Real Madrid played better.

Tactically, they proved superior. Technically, they were supreme. Every Madrid player caressed the ball with subtlety – as if it was a crown jewel and passed it around intelligently, seemingly fearful of losing a precious possession.

All this was summarised by the third Madrid goal. Fernando Redondo running down the touchline then,