Henrikh Mkhitaryan - his life descended into "disaster" under Jurgen Klopp

[dee]

Needy twat

Henrikh Mkhitaryan says his time working under Jurgen Klopp descended into “disaster”.
Mkhitaryan arrived at the Westfalenstadion in 2013, as BVB’s replacement for Mario Gotze when he left for Bayern Munich following the club’s run to the Champions League final.
Dortmund paid £23.6million to take the Armenian international from Ukraine’s Shakhtar Donetsk and during Klopp’s final two years, Mkhitaryan would be the first choice No.10.
However, after impressing in his debut campaign - scoring nine goals and registering 10 assists as Dortmund finished runners-up to Bayern - Mkhitaryan managed just three goals in the following campaign, with BVB at one point being stuck in a relegation fight.
Now Mkhitaryan has laid bare his struggles in that second season under Klopp.
"It was a very hard period for me. The first season was O.K, but the second season was a disaster, not only for me, but also for the club,” said Mkhitaryan, writing for The Players’ Tribune.
"We were losing so much, and I felt like I was having no luck. Not only was I not scoring, but I was not assisting, which is very unlike me. I had been signed for a lot of money, and I put a lot of pressure on myself.
"I had many hard nights in my apartment in Dortmund, all alone, just thinking and thinking. I didn’t want to go outside, even to have dinner.”
After Klopp’s departure, Mkhitaryan was handed a new lease of life in the North Rhine, being named Bundesliga Player of the Season last term.
He scored 11 goals and registered 20 assists as an uber-attacking Dortmund lineup finished in the top two once again, and Mkhitaryan says his success and subsequent move to Manchester United is simply down to Thomas Tuchel.
"Thomas Tuchel, came to Dortmund before my third season, and he changed everything for me,” added Mkhitaryan. "He came to me and said, 'Listen, I want to get everything out of you. He looked at me very seriously, and said, 'Micki, you are going to be great.’
"That meant everything to me. After the season I had, I didn’t think I could be a star. But he did it.
"He got everything out of me that season, and it was because I was happy again."

 

[Modo]

No manager is liked by everyone. I bet Sakho will have something to say about Klopp when he leaves.

 

[jexykrodic]

He's entitled to an opinion although very often a person that struggles puts it down to other perceived influences. Taking personal responsibility can be very difficult if you are constantly told you are great and are shielded from the usual difficulties that adults have.

 

[dee]

If you read what he says, rather than the Mirror's headline, you notice he doesn't say ANYTHING about Klopp, just praise for Tuechel. Typical bloody red top 'spin'

 

[HC]

exactly , not a bad word said of Klopp.

 

[manwithnoname]

He previously described Klopp as a football madman, made an unflattering comparison to the style of football played by Klopp and Tuchel, and praised the former for improving how Dortmund play and how he himself played

So there is some animosity

 

[rurikbird]

Mkhitaryan is a curious case. Psychologically, he has always been the type who likes to have the ball at his feet and not to worry too much about tactical shape or making constant runs without the ball. However, he actually does have the stamina and tactical intelligence to do all that stuff and under Klopp his movement and work-rate were excellent – but after getting into great goal-scoring positions, he kept missing easy chances time and time and time again. Klopp made him a better player, but he was not used to playing this way and it's almost like his mind staged a silent protest against what his body was made to do. Mkhitaryan's misses have cost Dortmund dearly that season, including the CL elimination against Real in a game where he missed the open goal twice.

When Tuchel came, he let Mkhitaryan play with much more freedom and has pretty much built the team around him which resulted in by far the best season of his career. Personally I think Mkhitaryan owes a lot of credit to Klopp for that season as well, whether he himself acknowledges it or not – his movement and work-rate have improved tremendously after 2 years of working with Klopp and now coupled with freedom and a more swashbuckling style he looked every bit like a world-class player. He should have stayed at Dortmund and kept playing under Tuchel, whom he liked so much – instead he insisted on going to Man U where he is being bizarrely frozen out by Mourinho. I really hope it doesn't "click" for him there, because he can be very good when on form.

 

[Judge Jules]

The combination of Mkhitaryan's own self-regard and the money ManU offered would have made it hard for him to refuse when they came calling.

 

[i_rushie]

He did say last season before the quarter final that he preferred the more attacking style and freedom under Tuchel.

Then he went and got the exact opposite when he joined Maureen.

 

[localny]

If you read what he says, rather than the Mirror's headline, you notice he doesn't say ANYTHING about Klopp, just praise for Tuechel. Typical bloody red top 'spin'

exactly. Some pscyh ops by UNited.