Boro stun Man U in Cup
Klopp off mark
Moenchengladbach’s Swiss forward Josip Drmic and Schalke’s Cameroonian defender Joel Matip (right) vie for the ball during the German Cup DFB second round football match Borussia Dortmund vs SC Paderborn in Dortmund, west
ern Germany on Oct 28. (AFP) after succeeding Brendan Rodgers, but Nathaniel Clyne’s first-half strike got the German off the mark.
“It’s better than a draw,” Klopp told Sky Sports with a wry smile.
“I’m really satisfied tonight because this team never played together since I’m here — young players, new players, players who didn’t play for a long time because of injuries — and they did really well.” Piszczek for a tap in, then slammed home the seventh himself just before the final whistle.
Meanwhile, Schalke suffered their second defeat in three days against Borussia Moenchengladbach as they bowed out of the cup with a 2-0 defeat in Gelsenkirchen.
Having lost 3-1 at Gladbach on Sunday in the league, the Royal Blues were beaten again as Lars Stindl pounced on a Joel Matip mistake to claim their first just before the break. Zabaleta.
Wilfried Bony headed City in front from Aleksandar Kolarov’s 22nd-minute corner before Kelechi Iheanacho teed up Kevin De Bruyne to tap in his sixth goal in nine club games shortly before halftime.
Zabaleta was stretchered off early in the second half after hurting his knee in a collision with Wilfried Zaha, with Bacary Sagna replacing him.