Jurgen Klopp's Dortmund derby record ahead of Liverpool v Everton

As Jurgen Klopp prepares to take charge of Liverpool for his first Merseyside derby against Everton, we take a look at his derby record...

The German coach has vast experience of the intensity of a derby occasion having faced Schalke with Borussia Dortmund on 15 occasions over seven seasons.

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"In Dortmund they say the derby is more important than the championship," Klopp told the Liverpool Echo this week. "You can feel it around the game."

Klopp won five times in the Bundesliga against Schalke but also lost five of their league games against them. There were highs and lows…

The first derby - Dortmund come back to draw 3-3 in 2008

Klopp's first taste of the Ruhr derby looked set to be a miserable one when his side went three down inside an hour to the horror of the Westfalenstadion. But Neven Subotic pulled one back and substitute Alexander Frei scored from long range to spark a comeback. 

Schalke had two men sent off before Frei got the equaliser from the penalty spot with just minutes remaining. "It felt better than winning to be honest," said Klopp. "It was the start of something. It was an important moment in the whole Dortmund story."

The high point - Winning 2-1 on the way to the title in 2012

Dortmund went into the week with a three-point advantage over Bayern Munich but defeated them thanks to Roberto Lewandowski's late winner at the Westfalenstadion and followed it up with an away win over their great rivals Schalke at the weekend.

Jefferson Farfan had given Schalke the lead but two set-piece goals - the first by Lukasz Piszczek and the winner by Sebastian Kehl - turned it around and with Bayern drawing against Mainz on the same day it took Dortmund to the brink of back-to-back league titles.

The low point - Beaten 2-1 as Dortmund unravel in 2014

Klopp's final trip to Schalke as Dortmund boss did not go too well. Joel Matip and Eric Choupo-Moting got the early goals and while Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang soon reduced the deficit, there was no way back for Klopp's team.

The warning signs had been there after a slow start to the season in which they'd picked up seven points from the first five games but this defeat sent Dortmund on a spiral from which they never really recovered. It was the first of five consecutive Bundesliga defeats.