Professional Attacking Tactics

These practice sessions are exclusively written for Elite Soccer in partnership with the League Managers Association and are not available elsewhere.

Jurgen Klopp – Counter-pressing as an offensive weapon

Claudio Ranieri – Counter-attacking and transitions

Eddie Howe  – Breaking lines

Sean Dyche  – Penetrating an organised defence. “Typical mistakes include not checking over the shoulder, and from that, players finding themselves being dispossessed.”

Sam Allardyce – Diagonal passing

Tony Pulis – Scoring from crosses. “Balls in from wingers contribute to more goal chances than anything else in the game, so ensuring that attackers make the correct runs is crucial at any level.”

Aitor Karanka – Offensive transition

Carlo Ancelotti – Attacking movement in a 4-3-2-1 formation

Sir Alex Ferguson – Attacking wing play and shooting

Andre Villas-Boas – Working on the counter-attack

Gordon Strachan – Attacking using direct central passing

Michael O’Neill – Positive pockets

Guus Hiddink & Steve Holland – Reactions in the box

Neil Warnock – The confrontation line

Kenny Dalglish – Attacking movement and interplay

Owen Coyle – Changing the point of attack

Alex McLeish – Whole team attacking

Carlo Ancelotti & Paul Clement – Overlapping against a low defensive block and in counter-attacking

Steve McLaren – Transition, rotating and attacking

Roberto Di Matteo – Attacking aims

Gus Poyet – Assisted crossing in the final third

Neil Lennon – Counter-attacking masterclass

Steve Clarke – Penalty box session

Alan Pardew – Playing forward in a 4-3-3

Malky Mackay – Overlapping