{"id":293419,"date":"2023-09-21T21:34:37","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T21:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=293419"},"modified":"2023-09-21T21:34:37","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T21:34:37","slug":"jurgen-klopp-plays-down-value-of-50th-european-win-after-liverpool-beat-lask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/jurgen-klopp-plays-down-value-of-50th-european-win-after-liverpool-beat-lask\/","title":{"rendered":"Jurgen Klopp plays down value of 50th European win after Liverpool beat LASK"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp played down his record-breaking 50th European win after the 3-1 victory over LASK in Austria.<\/p>\n
His side came from behind for the fourth time in six matches as goals from Darwin Nunez, Luis Diaz and substitute Mohamed Salah secured the German\u2019s 50th European victory for the club \u2013 surpassing the record he held with Rafael Benitez.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet me say it like this, if I still have 50 after the group stage, then even if I\u2019ve still got the most wins in Europe as a Liverpool manager then everybody will hate that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe highest number of wins but everybody will hate it.<\/p>\n
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\u201cSo it\u2019s nice \u2013 we have played a lot of games in Europe, but it is good we have won that many and we have frequently qualified for finals.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo it\u2019s great but probably because the competition now has so many more games than in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n
Klopp made 11 changes from the weekend win over Wolves and that contributed to the disjointed, sluggish start.<\/p>\n
LASK, in the biggest game in their history, took full advantage as they flew out of the blocks and scored through Florian Flecker\u2019s expertly taken strike from a well-rehearsed corner.<\/p>\n
\u201cTough start, yes. Obviously the first shot on target after a set-piece and we conceded,\u201d the Reds boss added.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had very good moments but I saw the boys didn\u2019t feel that. It was not that we could gain confidence from our good moments \u2013 we didn\u2019t seem to think we should do that again.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo we suffered from the less good moments confidence-wise and frustration grew. It makes no sense. Human, but it makes nosense anyway.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe showed them (at half-time) two football situations from the first half where we did pretty well. The boys clearly thought there was nothing good in the first half but that was not true.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe told them they had to get rid of the frustration getting back into the game again, and then we would have a good chance to turn it around, and that\u2019s what we did eventually.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m really, really happy because I said before I knew it would be really difficult, and it was difficult, even if people didn\u2019t believe me. Well-deserved win in the end and that\u2019s it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know that people expect us to fly through this competition. In the group stage it will not happen, in the knockout it will not happen. We have to dig in, dig into it.\u201d<\/p>\n
LASK coach Thomas Sageder was disappointed they could not capitalise on their good start.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe played very brave, we were aggressive and we had a chance to score the second goal but it was only 1-0 at half-time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the second half we saw how good a team Liverpool were but we fought to the end.\u201d<\/p>\n