Jurgen Klopp became only the fourth manager in Liverpool’s history to hit an astonishing milestone after the Reds’ victory against Brighton and Hove Albion.
On Sunday afternoon, Liverpool went back to the top of the Premier League table after a hard-fought victory against the Seagulls.
Roberto De Zerbi’s men stunned Anfield into utter silence within two minutes after Danny Welbeck lashed the ball into the back of Caoimhin Kelleher’s goal.
Luis Diaz scored Liverpool’s equaliser before talisman Mohamed Salah netted the eventual winner with 65 minutes on the clock.
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Despite showing some nerves towards the end of the match, Liverpool held on to take home all three points.
After the match, it was revealed that Klopp has now managed 300 wins across all competitions as the Liverpool manager.
The German has followed in the footsteps of Bob Paisley, Tom Watson and Bill Shankly to achieve this astonishing feat.
Speaking after the match, Klopp said: “We dominated in a lot of moments in a way we never have before against Brighton. We played good football and caused problems.
“We cannot calm them down for whole 90 minutes, that's clear. But in so many moments we did really well after a super tricky start. We were not in a rush in our build up, but in our finishing were in a rush.”
He continued: “We had a lot of moments, but not with real quality. I told the boys at half-time, we have to do a couple of things: high press was really good, and we had to play in similar spaces, but we had to calm down.
“Thankfully, we did that maybe one or two times. In the end I'm really happy with the way we played today. It's all about reacting and if I've learnt something this year it's that we can do these things [come from behind].”
Liverpool are back in Premier League action on Thursday night when they take on Sheffield United at Anfield.
Topics: Liverpool, Jurgen Klopp, Football
Marcus Chan