Jurgen Klopp takes his Liverpool to his former home, Signal Iduna Park for the UEFA Europa League first leg of quarterfinal tie this thursday, 07 April 2016 against Borussia Dortmund. Liverpool are pretty much out of top 4 contention of premier league and Europa League is their only hope of qualifying for next year’s Champions League. They would need to win the competition in order to play in europe’s premier competition next season.
Match Preview: Klopp’s former team Dortmund stand in Liverpool’s way as he takes on his former team for the first time since leaving last summer. Klopp won two back to back Bundesliga titles for Dortmund and taking them out of oblivion after such a longtime. Liverpool fans will be hoping he can turn things around for his new club as well as he tackles Dortmund in the double header of Europea League clash in 7 days time.
Thomas Tuchel who is Klopps replacment at Dortmund has been sensation in his first season having guided Dortmund to a very respectable second place in Germany Bundesliga behind Bayern while they also qualified for German cup semifinals and now he will be hoping to get one over Klopp and qualify for Europa League semifinal. Its all set for a massive 7 days for both clubs. Dortmund made easy work of Tottenham in round of 16 when they got a 5-1 aggregate win while Liverpool saw off challenge from Manchester United winning 3-1 on aggregate.
Team News & Lineups: Liverpool will have Roberto Firmino back in the squad but might be benched while Coutinho, Lallana and James Milner to start behind Sturridge. Lucas Laiva and Skrtel are doubtful and might not feature. Henderson and Can to play in central midfield roles.
Dortmund on the other hand will have their captain Mats Hummels back in the starting lineup alongside Lukas Piszczek, Ginter and Marcel Schmelzer in back four while Weigl, Castro and Erik Durm to start in midfield roles with Henrik Mkhitaryan, Marcus Reus and Aubameyang playing in attacking roles.
FULL TIME Borussia Dortmund 1- 1 Liverpool
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