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Liverpool vs Dortmund

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Good video - thanks for posting.

One thing which particularly struck me was that he seems genuinely two-footed. I'd guess he prefers using his right, but it really doesn't seem to matter to him much either way.
 
Good video - thanks for posting.

One thing which particularly struck me was that he seems genuinely two-footed. I'd guess he prefers using his right, but it really doesn't seem to matter to him much either way.

Ditto. Absolutely insane how good he is on both feet .. more so considering he's a CB. A fantastic signing, worth every penny.
 
Ditto. Absolutely insane how good he is on both feet .. more so considering he's a CB. A fantastic signing, worth every penny.


Honestly from the highlights you can't tell which foot he prefers. The variation of passes on his left peg -- chipped, side-foot, zinged -- is impressive.
 
Why is everyone bumming klopp

I read an interview this morning where he suggested, albeit when prompted, that Brendan is copying his Dortmund setup? What the funk? Has he Patented attacking football and teams getting better or something?
 
Why is everyone bumming klopp

I read an interview this morning where he suggested, albeit when prompted, that Brendan is copying his Dortmund setup? What the funk? Has he Patented attacking football and teams getting better or something?

I don't really see what he's said that's wrong:

[article]The man whose blueprint provided the platform for Liverpool’s resurrection, believes the Reds can complete the job with a title triumph this year.

Borussia Dortmund boss Jurgen Klopp has long been referenced at Anfield as a source of inspiration for the club...and their attempts to come back from the brink of extinction.

Klopp produced a near miracle in taking the German club from the verge of bankruptcy to the summit of European football.

With Liverpool in a similar position when they almost went bust in 2010, the brilliant coach reckons the Reds are on course to follow his lead, after coming so close last season – even without their star player Luis Suarez.

Klopp got see Liverpool up close on Sunday when his side lost 4-0 at Anfield and he said: “It’s a great club and they did well last year.

"I saw it. I saw what they can do against us...it was the wrong time to play them.

“If you make the right decisions after you miss you can be stronger.

"Maybe Liverpool this year is the big team in the Premier League. They can be stronger for sure.”

Klopp has been cited as an inspiration by Reds boss Brendan Rodgers, who wants to use the German’s calm, unstated style to rebuild his club.

Things had got so bad at Dortmund, that a few years after winning the European Cup and the German title, they were forced to sell their stadium and borrow money from hated rivals Bayern Munich, just to pay the wage bill.

When Klopp took over, Dortmund had just survived a relegation scrap, but he has since won two titles and reached the Champions’ League final, as well as five domestic cup finals.

He did it by investing wisely in young, hungry players who he developed just as Rodgers has done with his young side at Anfield.

And Dortmund have shown when they lose even some of their biggest stars like Mario Gotze, Nuri Sahin and Robert Lewandowski, they can still not only survive, but thrive.

“It seems to be no problem!” he said of the Suarez transfer.

“They have a plan maybe, but I don’t know.

“We did what we did. When we started we tried to create football moments that will hopefully be more successful than the past.

“We didn’t think about what happened in the past, just how we can develop the team.

"That’s what we do all the time.”

Rodgers has created his own football moments at Anfield, making Liverpool the most exciting team in the Premier League last season, and Klopp certainly sees something of himself in the Reds’ style.

When asked if he thought Rodgers had repeated the Dortmund blueprint , he said with a smile: “I don’t know him good enough as a person.

"With the way he has developed the team? Yes, a little bit. He’s a good manager.”
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Good video - thanks for posting.

One thing which particularly struck me was that he seems genuinely two-footed. I'd guess he prefers using his right, but it really doesn't seem to matter to him much either way.

He's predominantly left footed I thought.
 
Didn't look that way to me from the video, but I've never really considered the matter before, so you may well be right.

It's a good sign that we're discussing it at all IMO.
 
Yeah, I like that interview, he's a bit self-congratulatory but so what? He's saying we look good and even without Suarez, that's good to hear from other top managers.
 
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