The 10 greatest attacking teams that football has ever seen

Karim Benzema, Gonzalo Higuain and Cristiano Ronaldo exploited defence for fun in the 2011/12 seasonOver the years, world football has bore witness to teams who have taken the breath away when it comes to attacking football. Either through an insatiable appetite for goals or expert attacking tactics from the coaching staff, these teams have found success from purely out-scoring their opponents. After all, goals are the reason we watch football, the reason we love football. The following teams brought us more entertainment than any other purely because of their superiority in attack. Here are the 10 greatest attacking teams in the modern era: (in no particular order)

#10 Liverpool - 1977-84

Liverpool won the European Cup four times in the most decorated spell in the club’s history. The most successful team in England and Europe, the Reds boasted some of the finest attacking talent around at that time. 

Kenny Dalglish and Ian Rush were stunnnigly prolific for Bob Paisley’s men during this time, while Kevin Keegan also proved himself as one of the deadliest strikers in the game before he moved to Hamburg. Bob Paisley, manager from 1974-83, built a side dripping with attacking talent and they produced moments of brilliance that still burn deeply for the passionate fans that grace the Kop every week.