Dortmund should be out of sight – but after the German champions were unable to score an away goal, Malaga are still in the tie.
Manuel Pellegrini named roughly his expected side – Julio Baptista played the support striker role.
Jurgen Klopp used Kevin Grosskreutz rather than Jakub Blaszczykowski, which meant Mario Gotze was central and...
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Schalke won the Revierderby with an excellent first-half display.
Atsuto Uchida came back into Jens Keller’s side, with Marco Hoger moving forward into midfield in place of Jermaine Jones.
Jurgen Klopp recalled Mats Hummels – although he didn’t seem 100% fit and only lasted half the game. Klopp left out Marco Reus, presumably because of rotation...
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After a 2-2 first leg draw, Dortmund performed excellently to qualify for the quarter-finals with surprising ease.
Jurgen Klopp was still without Mats Hummels, so Felipe Santana and Neven Subotic continued at the back. Otherwise, the side was as expected, and played in the traditional 4-2-3-1, rather than the 4-3-3 we saw against Bayern last...
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Both sides had spells of dominance, but Dortmund were more ruthless in the final third.
Sami Hyypia and Sascha Lewandowski named an unchanged side from last weekend’s 0-0 draw at Freiburg.
Jurgen Klopp had Mitchell Langerak in goal rather than Roman Weidenfeller, with Felipe Santana in defence rather than Neven Subotic – both decisions forced upon...
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Arguably the first ‘big’ game of the European League season produced a fairly uninspiring 0-0 draw.
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