It was so near, yet so far for Klopp again last season
#4 Jurgen Klopp
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Klopp has been in the losing side in a UEFA Champions League Final twice in his career
The German manager started his career at Mainz 05 but earned much recognition after joining Borrusia Dortmund in 2008. At Dortmund, he won back to back Bundesliga titles, and also won the DFB-Pokal, and DFL Supercup, however, the Champions League eluded him.
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He did manage to lead Dortmund to the finals of the UEFA Champions League in 2013 against Bundesliga rivals Bayern Munich but lost the game 2-1. In 2015, Klopp moved to Anfield to take charge at Liverpool and guided them to the 2018 UEFA Champions League final, only to taste defeat again, this time at the hands of Real Madrid.
Klopp’s statistics in the Champions League is quite decent, he has overseen 50 games in the tournament in his career, winning 25 of them and losing 15. He was also involved in 2 qualifying matches and won both of them.
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This season, Liverpool have been off the blocks quickly. They have strengthened one of their weak points from the Champions league final – signing talented goalkeeper Alisson at the start of the season and are unbeaten so far.
Klopp will be hoping that he can finally break his Champions League jinx and with a talented Liverpool side backing him, the onus is on the German Manager to justify his abilities.
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