Gundogan reveals secret to Liverpool manager Klopp\'s success at BVB: He let us get drunk!

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Ilkay Gundogan has revealed how Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp used to allow his players to drink while he was in charge of Borussia Dortmund.

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Klopp lead Dortmund to back to back titles in 2011 and 2012.

Speaking in Klopp's new biography 'Bring the Noise', the Manchester City midfielder

"We went out quite often as a team," said Gundogan.

"There were a lot of singles in the squad. Sometimes you could see the after-effects in training on Sunday morning."

Gundogan recalls a time when Klopp had to warn his players for partying till 3am after a victory over Bayern Munich.

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He said: "Somebody told me a few of you went out during the week… I don't know who, I don't want to know.

"But I can tell you: these players should be happy we won yesterday.

"Otherwise we would have seen the biggest punishment in the history of club football!"

Source: tribalfootball.com