Klopp addresses Liverpool comparisons with Borussia Dortmund final season | OneFootball

Jurgen Klopp says he is in a better position with Liverpool than during his final season with Borussia Dortmund.

After winning back to back Bundesliga titles in 2010/11 and 2011/12, and consecutive second-placed finishes in the following two seasons, Dortmund limped to seventh in Klopp's final year in charge.

The German has experienced a similar drop-off with Liverpool this season, having won the Champions League and Premier League in the last two campaigns.

But heading into the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie with RB Leipzig, in which they hold a 2-0 lead, Klopp believes Liverpool are in a better position than his ailing Dortmund side.

"Of course, some things can be compared because injuries also led to things in Dortmund as well, and here as well," Klopp told his pre-match press conference. "But it's different, though. I think with Dortmund we were 17th or even 18th in the league, which was horrible of course.

"The situation was still completely different there than it is here. I think it's more challenging here now, but I just don't want to look back now – only when people ask me. The situation we're in at the moment, we're trying to come out of it.

"To be honest with you, we didn't have the performances we needed but we're going to play in the Champions League. We never had momentum in the Premier League season but we have the momentum in the Champions League now. We managed to qualify from the group stages and we played very well against Leipzig.

"Of course, they have very different momentum. We know that. They won four matches on the trot, I believe. So the statistics are a bit different. But the good thing about football is that the previous results don't really have any impact on the next match. And if it's a different tournament, even less so. So, we look forward to the challenge tomorrow."