Klopp has delivered again for Dortmund

After Borussia Dortmund won the league title last season, their coach Jurgen Klopp was determined that nobody should get carried away.

“If somebody thinks we have to win the league next year, because second place is nothing and third place means a shitty season,” he said, “then this someone is not to be helped. Time is ripe for realistic expectations.”

And yet when the final whistle blew on Borussia Dortmund’s 2-0 victory over Borussia Monchengladbach on Saturday, it confirmed a second successive title. Given that, seven and a bit years ago, investors met at Dusseldorf airport to discuss liquidating the club, is a remarkable achievement.