{"id":1102834,"date":"2019-08-22T13:26:07","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T12:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1102834"},"modified":"2019-08-22T13:26:07","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T12:26:07","slug":"jurgen-klopp-del-piero-finisher-philippe-coutinho","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/jurgen-klopp-del-piero-finisher-philippe-coutinho\/","title":{"rendered":"Jurgen Klopp: Not since Del Piero have I seen a finisher like Philippe Coutinho"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has likened his former talisman\u00a0Philippe Coutinho to Italian great\u00a0Alessandro Del Piero.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Coutinho, 27, recently completed a season-long loan move to Bayern Munich having struggled to rediscover his Merseyside form at the Camp Nou with Barcelona.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What is\u00a0Coutinho&#8217;s best role? Five things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Klopp has explained how Coutinho&#8217;s favoured position is behind the striker.<\/li>\n<li>However, he has admitted that he rarely positioned the Brazilian in the No 10 role.<\/li>\n<li>Instead, Coutinho was largely utilised on the flank in a No 8 position, with his cut-in from the left becoming a hallmark of his game.<\/li>\n<li>At Barca, Coutinho was again deployed in a similar position on the touchline, for the most part.<\/li>\n<li>And Klopp believes this attacking versatility will be key for Bayern Munich this season.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7343141-chelsea-can-get-excited-about-n-golo-kante-s-messi-impression<\/p>\n<p>The 55-capped Brazil international left Anfield for \u00a3142m in January 2018 but a failure to live up to expectations in Catalonia has seen him relocate to Bavaria this summer.<\/p>\n<p>But if Klopp&#8217;s ringing endorsement of Coutinho&#8217;s goalscoring prowess is anything to go by, the Bundesliga giants could have their hands on a player as explosive as World Cup winner and Juventus legend Del Piero.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Coutinho has an unbelievable eye for goal from range,&#8221; the former Borussia Dortmund manager told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kicker.de\/756097\/artikel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kicker<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I haven&#8217;t seen seen a player coming in off the left and striking the ball with such regularity and precision from those kind of positions since Del Piero.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1102838 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/08\/22103215\/PA-610070.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/08\/22103215\/PA-610070.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/08\/22103215\/PA-610070-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/08\/22103215\/PA-610070-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/08\/22103215\/PA-610070-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/08\/22103215\/PA-610070-66x44.jpg 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>&#8216;Coutinho is a No.10&#8217;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Klopp went on to explain the diminutive\u00a0Carioca&#8217;s best position, revealing how he never utilised him in his preferred No 10 role, instead deploying him as an inside forward on the left flank.<\/p>\n<p>Coutinho was exposed to a similar treatment under\u00a0Ernesto Valverde, with the Spanish tactician rarely playing him in the playmaker role, but rather out wide, with\u00a067 of his 76 Barca appearances coming from the flank.<\/p>\n<p>However, Klopp believes\u00a0this versatility in the final third will be an invaluable commodity to the current\u00a0Meisterschale holders.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Aaron Wan-Bissaka Explained! 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