Klopp vows to attack against Marseille

Borussia Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp admits his side face a tough task to reach the knockout stages of the Champions League.

The Bundesliga team sit fourth in Group F with four points from five games and need to beat Marseille by four goals or more on Tuesday night to still have a chance of progressing.

And Klopp has stressed that they will start their final group game at home against the French side with attacking intentions.

“Our position is what it is. We have to win to stay in Europe and we have to win by a big margin to stay in the Champions League. We have brought this situation on ourselves and now we have to face it,” Klopp said.

“To win by a big margin you have to take the lead first. We have to enter this in a very attacking mood, but cannot all start running into their area, or we will play into their hands. A lot of things are possible in football, but we cannot sit here today and say we will just walk over Marseille.”

“It is difficult to play even more attacking football than we usually do. We cannot enter the game with just attackers and three defenders.”

On the other hand, Marseille – who lie second in the group – will secure progression to the last 16 if they bag the full three points from the match.

However, if they only manage a draw, they will have to rely on Arsenal beating or holding Olympiakos to a draw in the other match.

“We should look to ourselves. We could have had things another way if we had not lost the last match against Olympiakos,” coach Didier Deschamps said.

“We let a big chance slip away against Olympiakos, but now we have another one.”

“It doesn’t matter that much now what Arsenal do and what Arsene Wenger decides to do. We have it in our own hands. At half-time, we can maybe think about the result in the other game, but it is always best to look at yourself.”

“Dortmund’s position is not so complicated – they have to win big to still be playing in the Champions League after winter. We know that they have an attacking side with lots of quality. We expect another big Champions League game.”

Marseille recorded a 3-0 win at home over the Bundesliga champions in the reverse fixture.