Champions League: Dortmund's Sebastian Kehl blasts Galatasaray fans

Borussia Dortmund midfielder Sebastian Kehl branded the Galatasaray fans who threw flares during their Champions League clash at the Westfalenstadion "idiots" and claimed their team was "ashamed" of them.

The match, which Dortmund won 4-1, twice had to be stopped by officials in the second half due to flares being thrown from the Gala section on to the pitch and into other blocks in the stands.

Dortmund boss Jurgen Klopp was screaming for the match to be stopped again late on as further firecrackers could be heard around the ground.

Kehl told the Dortmund website: "If Galatasaray fans throw missiles on to the pitch or even into other blocks, you are concerned.

"What idiots. Someone could be injured, perhaps children were standing there. All that preoccupies you, even if you shouldn't really be distracted.

"You could notice from the Galatasaray players that they were ashamed of the behaviour of their fans."

Gala have already been charged by UEFA this season over their fans setting off and throwing fireworks in the match away to Arsenal at the start of October.

Klopp described the scenes in the stands as "a bad image", adding in the Bild newspaper: "If emotions have these negative effects it's gone too far.

"Unfortunately I can't say that such a thing has never happened with us - we have also been responsible for a few not so great scenes. But that casts a shadow on a fantastic game from us . That was pure provocation."

Dortmund's sporting director Michael Zorc accused the Gala fans of "constant provocation".

On the moment fireworks were thrown down as Dortmund's Shinji Kagawa prepared to take a corner, forward Marco Reus said: "You of course get worried then, because it can hit anyone."

From a performance perspective, Klopp could see improvement in his struggling side as they booked their place in the Champions League knockout stage.

Dortmund made it four wins out of four in Group D, but it is in the Bundesliga where they are most in need of points, having lost their last five league games to sit second bottom of the table.

On Sunday they take on Borussia Monchengladbach and Klopp is hopeful of stopping the rot.

"We will produce a response. We know our situation," he said on the club website. "We have had a lot of tough moments and little time to enjoy the good ones. I told the lads to enjoy this. And tomorrow (Wednesday) we start preparing for Gladbach.

"In our situation it's important to have positive experiences, even if this is a different competition. We have taken a step forward in terms of fitness. But everyone knows what's at stake on Sunday. But it's also important to enjoy the feeling of winning as it might make you want more of it."

Klopp named an unchanged team for the visit of Gala from the once which were edged out 2-1 away to Bayern Munich last time out.

"It's about stability," Klopp added. "We thought it's what the team needs right now. And they weren't that tired from the Bayern game. We now have five days to recover. That's why we made that decision. We need a development and you could see one."