Liverpool vs Borussia Dortmund - Klopp could start with Sturridge and Origi against Dortmund
Posted Thursday, April 14, 2016 by PA
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp admits he cannot afford to make any mistakes in his team selection, but whomever he picks against Borussia Dortmund he expects to be "brave".
The German's primary dilemma against his former side appears to be who to field up front.
Divock Origi scored at Signal Iduna Park a week ago, having been preferred to Daniel Sturridge, and then came off the bench on Sunday to net two against Stoke - after Sturridge, who had started, scored in the first half.
Klopp does not think it is too testing a task for him, but knows he must get it right with the Europa League quarter-final tie delicately-balanced at 1-1 going into the second leg.
"You always know when you have players [available] you have difficult decisions," he said.
"This is more a moment where you cannot make any mistakes as manager.
"Maybe I will play all our goalscorers on the pitch and hope Dortmund don't recognise this.
"It is not about a formation. We have a few different possibilities to find the line-up and there is no final decision.
"We have to show we are prepared, it is not about how many strikers we have on the pitch.
"It is always about being brave, especially against a high-quality team.
"With each offensive action they (the opponent) have they grow in confidence and you become smaller and smaller so it is really important because everything can have an influence: on the positive side, negative side.
"Being brave is one of the most important things in football - tomorrow night too."
Liverpool may have the slender benefit of an away goal, but Klopp dismissed how much of an advantage it will actually be, especially against a side of Dortmund's quality.
The visitors have scored 119 goals this season and Klopp almost expects them to score at Anfield.
"I think we can ignore the first leg," he added.
"This Dortmund team can score goals, they are not an opponent where you can go into a game thinking we can keep a clean sheet.
"Maybe after 85 minutes it (the away goal) will be relevant, but not earlier.
"It is a completely normal game and the crowd is more of an advantage if we are good and if they like the game they will help us more than the goal in Dortmund.
"Only when we play 0-0 it is a real advantage. If we win we don't need it, if we lose it isn't helpful.
"This is a new start and we will see who handles the situation better.
"Who is more clear in their offensive action, who is more disciplined in defence, who is brave enough to take a chance?
"In my opinion the atmosphere will be the biggest difference."
Borussia Dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel has pledged to hold nothing back with his team set to attack Liverpool from the off.
No one really expects a team which has racked up 119 goals this season and only failed to score once - against Bayern Munich - in their last 13 matches not to breach the Reds defence.
Tuchel plans all-out attack in an attempt to prevent Liverpool imposing themselves on the game as they did at Signal Iduna Park when Jurgen Klopp's return to his former club was the main attraction.
"There was a special situation with Jurgen coming home and you can't deny the energy this gives to you or takes away from you," said Tuchel.
"Now this is easier for us coming to Anfield in terms of the energy.
"The overall circumstances are different. Perhaps the players were inhibited in the first leg but going into the second leg it will be different.
"We know what we have to achieve: to score. We are here to attack and here to take risks.
"We don't want to score one, we want two or even more. We want to see what is possible in terms of our potential.
"We do not want to feel our boundaries. This is the pressure and I love it."
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