BVB: Jürgen Klopp returns! But only for one game - strange Champions League appearance

Jürgen Klopp and Liverpool FC return to Dortmund.

The rescheduling of a Champions League game at short notice isn't the only good news for the Reds.

• Jürgen Klopp has been coach of Liverpool FC since 2015.

• Before that, he successfully coached Borussia Dortmund *.

• Now there is a surprising reunion with his old place of work.

Dortmund -

returns to his beloved

for a possible Champions League “final” with Liverpool FC

.

The city's press office confirmed to SID on Thursday that the group final against the Danish champions

on December 9 in Signal-Iduna-Park *, which was Klopp's sporting home from 2008 to 2015.

Liverpool FC: Curious Champions League hammer: Klopp returns to BVB for a game 

The background is the

.

Team manager

and his players would have to go into a 14-day quarantine after returning from Denmark in accordance with the applicable requirements.

In the period in question, however, the calendar for the Reds provides for three league games, the relocation of which is excluded.

“It is true that Dortmund * was chosen as the venue.

The game is to be played without audience participation, ”said the city on SID request.

At present there are "no obstacles" if all the usual hygiene measures are observed.

last

competed

with

on April 7, 2016

in

, in the quarter-final first leg of the Europa League there was a 1-1 draw against BVB.

+

During the Reds' last game in Dortmund, Emre Can (here in a duel with Marco Reus) played for the LFC.

Now he is under contract for BVB.

© Federico Gambarini / dpa

Liverpool FC: Has Klopp gambled away?

Deserved defeat against Bergamo

Despite a 2-0 defeat against

with German international Robin Gosens on Wednesday, Liverpool (9 points) lead Champions League group D.

and

follow after four out of six match days with seven points,

is pointless.

One point in the home game against

on Tuesday would

therefore be enough for

to make it to the round of 16.

"Ajax will be a challenge - one more to all those we meet in this country," said Klopp: "But I'm not thinking about Ajax now, sorry.

We have to go to Brighton in a few hours. ”Because of the Premier League game on Saturday's unpopular lunch hour (1.30 p.m.), Klopp

spared one or two star

against

.

"I would do it again," he said with no regrets.

Premier League: Cheers at the Reds - Liverpool and London soon again in front of fans

Meanwhile, there are also new developments in the Premier League *.

Liverpool FC will be able to play their home games in front of spectators for the first time since March from December.

The readmission of fans was announced on Thursday, but does not apply nationwide.

According to this, Premier League clubs from the capital

and from

, where

based, will be allowed to play in front of up to 2,000 supporters again at the end of the second lockdown (December 2).

Klopp could

welcome fans again

on December 5th against

on

.

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- Premier League (@premierleague) November 24, 2020

Premier League: Unsafe Corona situation - Manchester like many other clubs continue without fans

Like London, the

region has been

classified as Level 2 on the risk scale by the government.

The greater Manchester area with record champions United and top club City is on "Tier 3" ("very high risk") and has to continue planning without fans because of the pandemic.

At level 1, even 4000 followers are possible.

The division of the regions according to risk areas is to be reviewed on December 16.

In addition to the two teams mentioned,

(Birmingham),

,

,

and the

are not yet allowed to admit spectators at home.

In

six division clubs are currently located, who look forward to their fans: the

, the

,

,

,

and Fulham.

Arsenal have confirmed the return of 2,000 fans for the Europa League home game against Rapid Vienna next Thursday.