We are Comeback kids - Jurgen Klopp
Borussia Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp does not want to suffer any more pain this weekend as he tries to turn the tables on opponents Stuttgart after witnessing his side concede nine goals in the past six days.
After going down 4-1 to Hamburg in the Bundesliga last weekend, his side were dealt another lesson in a 5-0 friendly defeat against Real Madrid on Wednesday.
And Klopp hopes his team will not slump any lower than they already have during the past week.
"I hope this was the very underside of the bar we are measuring ourselves against," he said before adding that they "would be crazy to measure ourselves against Real Madrid" anyway.
Saturday's clash with Stuttgart should be different as he looks to "shift the symbolical black clouds which have moved in over Dortmund and impose ourselves."
Sebastian Kehl is still absent with a groin strain while Markus Feulner has been ruled out due to an infection.
Stuttgart were also in action in midweek, although theirs was a more serious matter of Champions League qualification.
A 2-0 win over Timisoara in Romania has put Markus Babbel's side onto the brink of qualification for the group stage and enabled them to concentrate more of their efforts onto this Bundesliga fixture safe in the knowledge they will be able to take it slightly easier than expected against Timisoara on Wednesday.
Babbel is therefore expected to name an unchanged, full-strength side for Saturday's match in front of over 80,000 spectators in the Westfalenstadion.
Alexander Hleb should make his third appearance in less than 10 days as a Stuttgart player, and he has warned Dortmund and the rest of the Bundesliga.
"My form is not bad, but I can improve," he said after scoring in midweek. "We have a lot of potential."
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