Klopp braced for 'brutally emotional' farewell

Borussia Dortmund fans gave their departing coach a grand reception Saturday, but he is trying not to embrace such emotions yet.

Borussia Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp refused to let the fans' reception get to him in Saturday's 3-0 defeat of Paderborn as he is expecting a "brutally emotional" farewell at the end of the season.

Klopp announced Wednesday that he will be leaving his post come the end of the current campaign, bringing to an end seven successful years at Signal Iduna Park.

Dortmund produced a performance against Paderborn that, at times, typified its season so far, dominating but wasting a host of chances. But eventually BVB found the breakthrough just after the break, as goals from…