Schwarzgelben ready for Revier-Derby

Looking towards this evening 133rd Revier-Derby in Gelsenkirchen, die Schwarzgelben have a large grouping of absences including Jakub Blaszczykowski, Dedê, Mats Hummels and Tinga to injury as well as Young-Pyo Lee who is serving a one match suspension.

Jürgen Klopp called it the,"the outstanding game of any season."

"These two games always stand out from the rest of the season and yet count just as much as all others.

"Each team has the opportunity to change opinions at a stroke. And once again we will be striving to give our fans that which they want above all else:" A win in the derby. We´re not going there to defend, but to play well and gain a good result."

Noting the ensuing battle, he added:

"We will witness two sets of supporters who will be urging their teams on and they will see two teams who will fight for every inch of turf."