Jurgen Klopp became the first Liverpool manager to win 50 European games after the 3-1 victory over LASK in the Europa League in Austria.

Klopp changed his whole team for the first game of the Europa League group stage, which was away against LASK. Even though Liverpool fell behind, they came back to win 3-1.

That win broke a tie for most European wins with Rafa Benitez, who won 49 games between 2004 and 2010 and, like Klopp, led the club to a Champions League title.

With the win, Liverpool moved to the top of Group E, which includes Union Saint-Gilloise and Toulouse, who tied on Thursday.

“Let me say it like this, if I still have 50 after the group stage, then even if I’ve still got the most wins in Europe as a Liverpool manager then everybody will hate that,” he said.

“It’s nice,” he added. “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.”

“It’s great, but probably because the competition now has so many more games than in the past.”

Bob Paisley won three European Cups with Liverpool. He won 39 of Liverpool’s 61 European games. His legendary predecessor, Bill Shankly, won 34 of 65 games and led the club to its first European trophy, the UEFA Cup, in 1973.

Klopp’s 82nd European game at the club was on Thursday night. In 1985, Benitez ran the club.