1. Ancelotti has shown that he is capable of adding his tactics to fit his team. That is why he has been successful wherever he goes. Klopp on the other hand is insistent on his gegenpressing style which works very well at the beginning of his tenure, but later his players crash and burn. Saw it with Liverpool in the 20/21 season where they almost failed to reach top 4 and in the 22/23 season where they went to the europa league, saw it with dortmund in his final season where they finished 7th and his players were burnt out, saw it with mainz when they ended up getting relegated under him and he jumped ship
2. Ancelloti so far is the only manager to win a league title in each of Europe's top 5 leagues. Klopp is not yet at that level
3. Ancelloti has made it to six CL finals and lost only one, while klopp made it to four and lost three, with two of them being with his Liverpool side
4. Ancelloti has the longevity factor on his side, something that klopp doesn't. Ancelloti is also regarded as one of the best man managers in the world. Klopp is a manager that's well known for running his players into the ground. Ancelloti has also produced at least one Balon d'Or winner if you don't count Ronaldo.
When klopp gets to this level, then we can have this conversation again. Until then, he's firmly behind ancelloti
1. Any great coach is insistent in his idea of football: Pep, Klopp, Slot, Lucho, Flick, you name it...
And any style has its pros and its cons, that's irrelevant
On the contrary, a coach that has no tactical identity is spineless, and doesn't deserve a place in the hall of fame.
Ancelotti had some tactical ID back in his Milan days.
All that has gradually evaporated, and his tactics nowadays are simple sterile 4-4-2 w/o the ball, 'give it to attackers and let them do what they want' with the ball
2. Great achievement, but Ancelotti is some years older and who doubts Klopp could have done it had he coached in Spain and Italy in addition?
Plus, having so few TOTAL league titles in so many years of coaching is a big red flag for Ancelotti
3. Klopp was really unlucky in the 2 finals against Madrid, especially the 2022 one, and the other final no coach could win against that Bayern with a Dortmund squad.
4. Yes, great man manager, but outdated tactically. That's why only Brazil NT is interested in him. a Man-manager can still do well in NT competitions
But you forget the basic factor I pointed out:
Klopp could have swept all titles with Madrid, with superstar-stacked Milans and Chelseas of Ancelotti.
Ancelotti could NEVER do what Klopp did at all of Mainz, BvB, and Liverpool, THOUGH,
and that's what separates them
Ancelotti can't reach the level of Klopp no matter how many CLs he wins with Madrid
