Tens television team, twice as many photographers and around 100 journalists turned up to hear Jürgen Klopp first press conference in Dortmund after he took over Liverpool.
– It is better to be here than in North Korea or something. I’m not thinking about myself, not one second, said Klopp about how it was for him to be back at his old club.
His Liverpool guests Borussia Dortmund in Europa league quarterfinal on Thursday. Klopp, who trained the yellow from 2008 to 2015, makes it clear that the German team are big favorites ahead of the settlement. He believed the red-clad from Merseyside had a high mountain to climb over two games.
– We have seen the way Dortmund player, but my players have not come here without a hope of a good result. It becomes easy for Dortmund if we do not play well, but why should I think about it? asked 48-year-old rhetorical said.
– Need Luck
Liverpool still has not lost in europe league this season. In the quarterfinals, they beat out Manchester United.
– Fight against United was the largest and the one with the most pressure, so we are ready for this. Also we need a little luck, he acknowledged.
Dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel is sure Klopp going to get a warm reception at Signal Iduna Park, but that ekstreneren not going to show grace to former club.
warm welcome
– When the start signal goes will not Jürgen Klopp think about anything other than winning. And it applies to us also. Anything but a warm welcome for Jürgen will be a surprise. We are where we are now because of the history with him, said Tuchel.
In the other quarterfinals plays Athletic Bilbao against La Liga rivals Sevilla. Braga welcome FC Shakhtar Donetsk, while Sparta Prague guests Spanish Villarreal.
(NTB)
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