“It is great”
Jürgen Klopp saw no special reason to celebrate in his 50th European Cup victory with Liverpool FC. “Let me put it this way: If I still have 50 after the group stage, then I’m still the most successful Liverpool coach – and everyone will hate that fact,” said Klopp after the 3-1 win at the start of the Europa League. Season at LASK from Austria.
The Reds still celebrated the record for a Liverpool coach on the platform d. Editor) played in Europe. It’s good that we won so many, we qualified for four finals.” In 2019, the Reds won the Champions League (2-0 in the final against Tottenham) and the UEFA Super Cup (win against Chelsea on penalties).
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Klopp, who celebrated his debut as Liverpool coach in the European Cup in October 2015 against Rubin Kazan (1-1) and with players like Emre Can and Philippe Coutinho in the starting line-up, didn’t want to hang the record too high: “It’s great, but “It’s probably because there are simply a lot more games in European competition than in the past.” That’s “pretty certainly” the reason.
The heavy favorite Liverpool initially had a surprisingly difficult time in Linz on Thursday and were 0-1 behind at the break thanks to a goal conceded by Florian Flecker (14th). After the break, Klopp’s team turned up the heat and won thanks to goals from Darwin Núñez (56th/penalty), Luis Díaz (62nd) and Mohamed Salah (88th).
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