Jurgen Klopp admitted returning to the touchline at Borussia Dortmund was a ‘dream come true’.

The German, who departed Liverpool after nine years at the club in May, was back in the dugout in Germany on Saturday.

He managed one of the teams during a testimonial for two Borussia Dortmund legends who he used to coach.

Polish duo Lukasz Piszczek and Jakub Blaszczykowski had their careers celebrated at Signal Iduna Park.

They have both played a huge part in the modern success of Dortmund and were key players for Klopp during his time there.

Piszczek and Blaszczykowski were both part of the Bundesliga-winning teams in 2011 and 2012 under him.

And they also helped Klopp’s side reach the Champions League final 11 years ago, in which they lost to rivals Bayern Munich.

As the pair looked to create the best testimonial possible, they contacted their former manager to try and get him involved.

His job as a manager for the game was then announced in August.

“It’s a lifelong dream come true”’ Klopp said after the game. “I wanted to have that again.

“Just a few months ago, I was given an emotional farewell in Liverpool. Today it was very emotional again.

“Some people might say that today he’s like this and tomorrow he’ll be like that. I explain it like this: when you have three children, you love them all. And that’s the same with my three clubs. I love them all.”

It marked Klopp’s first match as a coach since leaving Liverpool and beginning his break after claiming that he was ‘running out of energy’.

He also hinted that he could potentially retire from the game when announcing his Reds departure, but it seems after some rest he was happy to get back to some football.

Klopp was in charge of Blaszczykowski’s team while former Liverpool and Dortmund player Nuri Sahin featured too.

Additionally, he was able to celebrate with his trademark punches to the Signal Iduna Park Yellow Wall crowd at full time.

Following the whistle, thousands stayed behind to express gratitude to Piszczek and Blaszczykowski and to join in Klopp’s well-known celebration.