Greece finally beat Germany, on Klopp's debut

Greece had never beaten Germany in ten previous meetings. They managed it in Klopp's first game as head coach, with Kourbelis converting in the 74th minute to settle a Nations League fixture that Germany were expected to win comfortably at home.

For Klopp, three months into the job, it is about as rough a start as international football offers. He inherited a Germany side still rebuilding after a difficult run of results, and the reaction to his debut has, according to reporting on the game, been notably calm given the scoreline. Losing a first competitive fixture to a country you'd beaten ten times running is the sort of result that would normally end a manager's honeymoon before it started.

Greece top the group

The win pushes Greece above Germany in their Nations League group, a position nobody had them in before kickoff. For a Greek side that has spent years being the punchline in this fixture, breaking the duck against Germany specifically, and doing it away from home in Augsburg, is the kind of result that gets replayed for years.

Netherlands win, but lose Gakpo

Elsewhere in the same round of fixtures, the Netherlands beat Serbia 2-1, though the result came with a cost. Cody Gakpo was forced off injured during the win, with the exact nature of the problem unclear from the game itself. Liverpool and Arne Slot will be watching closely ahead of a congested autumn schedule.

Portugal also played Norway in the same international window, part of a night that reshuffled more than one Nations League table.

Why this one sticks

Germany hosting a Nations League group game in Augsburg against Greece is not, on paper, a fixture that should decide a coaching narrative. But a first competitive loss under a new manager, against a team that had never beaten you, in a fixture most people assumed was a formality, is exactly the kind of result that gets attached to a manager's name whether he likes it or not.