“I've made my decision, I just won't tell you" – Klopp tight-lipped on team to face Netherlands

After an impressive debut against Serbia, Jürgen Klopp has hinted that Brajan Gruda may start for Germany against the Netherlands tomorrow.

“I've made my decision [on the team], I just won't tell you what it is,” Klopp said with a smirk during his press conference ahead of Monday's game. 

"But generally speaking, it's how it works in football: if you perform well, it certainly increases the likelihood of playing again. 

"However, you don't necessarily have to start another game just a few days later. So you have to weigh up all the different factors.

"I hope, in the coming years, our only problems will be along the lines of: 'This player started the last game and performed well, but we also have another good player in that position.'

“It would be fantastic if those were the kinds of issues we were discussing. It would be wonderful if we had that situation, because then we wouldn't have any problems,” he added.

Regarding the clash with the Netherlands and their adverse goal difference, Klopp said he is relishing the chance of winning this game and top Group A2 on the head-to-head rule. 

“I've always loved playing against teams like this throughout my coaching career. Whenever someone told me a team liked to play football, that immediately got me excited.

So now we just hope that tomorrow we can occasionally put a spoke in their wheels while also playing our own football. That's obviously the plan.

We had a very good performance in Serbia under extremely difficult conditions. And we'd certainly like to carry that momentum into tomorrow," he concluded.