Jurgen Klopp’s European record at Liverpool 🔴🇪🇺🧢

It was not meant to end this way after that incredible night against Barcelona in May 2019.

Or those triumphs over Manchester United and Borussia Dortmund in 2016, or the two victories against Manchester City in 2018.

Jurgen Klopp’s European record is littered with so many great nights, it feels anticlimactic that it will probably end in Atalanta’s Gewiss Stadium. It felt written in the stars that it would come to a glorious conclusion in the Europa League Final on May 22 when Liverpool fans were ready to paint Dublin’s Aviva Stadium red.

Nowhere outside of England do Liverpool have a higher percentage of fans than in Ireland and many had already booked hotels to say farewell to Klopp. That seems a forlorn hope and instead just a few thousand will be there to witness Klopp bow out in his 92nd and probably last European game for the Reds.

But the end should not detract from the journey and Ian Rush is not remembered at Liverpool for deflecting home Eric Cantona’s winner in the 1996 FA Cup Final in his last action as a Red.

Nor is Steven Gerrard remembered for being part of that 6-1 debacle at Stoke in May 2015 in his last game for Liverpool or Kenny Dalglish that loss at Swansea in 2012 in his final match as manager.

Klopp’s European record stands up there for all to see and his four major European finals match that of the great Bob Paisley. They stand clear at Anfield, with Bill Shankly, Joe Fagan and Rafa Benitez are next on the list with two.

For all of the resources at Pep Guardiola’s fingertips, he has only reached two finals with Manchester City. Of all Liverpool’s managers, Klopp is one of the very best in Europe and he reached his four finals in just six campaigns.

Jurgen Klopp’s record in Europe stands up there with the very best ( Image: Getty Images)

That May night when Liverpool came back from 3-0 down to beat Barcelona 4-0 at Anfield and reach the 2019 Champions League Final will never be forgotten. Liverpool were missing Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah, but Georginio Wijnaldum and Divock Origi delivered.

Until that night, the benchmark for European nights at Anfield was Liverpool’s 3-1 win over St Etienne in the 1977 European Cup quarter-finals when David Fairclough was the hero.

Klopp leaves much to savour and there was also Sadio Mane’s brilliance in the quarter-final win over Bayern Munich in the 2019 Champions League quarter-finals.

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There is still the tiny chance that Klopp could rewrite Liverpool’s history by winning their first European tie at the fourth attempt after losing the first leg at Anfield. And, of course, they won 5-0 in Atalanta, when Diogo Jota, scored a hat-trick on their last visit here in November 2020.

It’s a huge, huge ask, but if anyone can, Klopp can.

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