Liverpool boss Klopp no fan of facing Italian tacticians

Jurgen Klopp goes into the Champions League Final against Carlo Ancelotti and has suffered in the past when dealing with Italian tacticians.

Liverpool and Real Madrid go head-to-head at 20.00 UK time (19.00 GMT) at the Stade de France.

You can check the line-ups and the Match Centre here.

Fabio Capello outlined how there are four different football cultures at play in this Final, the German Klopp leading an English side against Italian Ancelotti in charge of a Spanish club.

In general, Klopp has struggled against Italian tacticians in the past, including this season, when Liverpool suffered their only Champions League defeat against Simone Inzaghi’s Inter at Anfield.

Klopp has only beaten Antonio Conte once, losing one of their meetings and drawing the other four, including a 1-1 against Tottenham earlier this month that effectively handed the Premier League title to Manchester City.

Claudio Ranieri’s Leicester City beat Liverpool 2-0 in February 2016, but the veteran lost the other three encounters.

Maurizio Sarri’s Chelsea won their first match against Liverpool in 2018, then drew and lost the others.

There was a somewhat chaotic Champions League semi-final in 2018 against Eusebio Di Francesco’s Roma, winning the first leg 5-2 and losing the second 4-2.

Gian Piero Gasperini’s Atalanta were capable of losing 5-0 at home to Liverpool in the Champions League, but also winning 2-0 at Anfield that same month in November 2020.

“Win, lose or draw he moves on to the next challenge.”

“He’s always really balanced and always focuses on the next game straight away.”

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