'Still hope,' says José Mourinho after Real Madrid lose 4-1 in Dortmund

• 'Of course we can still do it,' says the Portuguese manager
• Jürgen Klopp likens win to 'Robin Hood taking from the rich'

RDortmund's manager Jürgen Klopp looks on as Real Madrid's José Mourinho gestures during their Champions League semi-final.

José Mourinho said that Real Madrid would turn round their semi-final deficit against Borussia Dortmund or die trying after they were thrashed 4-1 in Germany on Wednesday night, all four of the hosts' goals coming from the coveted Polish striker
Robert Lewandowski.

Madrid conceded those four just 24 hours after Barcelona had done the same against Bayern Munich but Cristiano Ronaldo's away goal gave them a glimmer of hope for the Santiago Bernabéu on Tuesday and the Portuguese coach insisted:
"Nothing is impossible in football."

Dortmund's manager, Jürgen Klopp, agreed that the tie was not
over and insisted that whatever happened next this would be a
historic night for the club. "That was like Robin Hood taking
from the rich," he said, adding that he would not be leaving at
the end of the season and that he did not expect Lewandowski to
depart either. There have been reports of an approach for the
striker from Bayern Munich and of offers from English clubs,
too, but Klopp insisted the 24-year-old would stay.
Mourinho said: "It is obvious that Dortmund were the better
side. They were more aggressive physically and mentally and
they won virtually all the duels. I have the feeling that every
goal was a mistake. And we had one or two more [mistakes] that
could have [made the score] worse too but our goalkeeper made
good saves.
"Over the last three years at Madrid I have met lots of people
and they have told me lots of things about the club, including
the importance of the Bernabéu [on European nights],"
Mourinho continued. "Things seem impossible but they are not.
There is still hope. If you asked the players now if there is a
chance, they would say 'no'. Ask them in an hour and they will
say 'yes'. By next Tuesday they will be ready to go for it and give
everything.
"Of course we can do it. On a crazy night where everyone
performs at a high level and you score every chance, you can do
it. What you cannot do is get knocked out without dying on the
pitch. If we are knocked out I want [Dortmund] to suffer and I
want the Madrid players to leave the pitch with absolutely
nothing left to give."
Klopp added: "This will go down in the club's history books. I
hope soon they will show a film in the club's museum of the
goals by Lewandowski tonight but that will only happen if we
win on Tuesday. The goals were incredible; the third is worth
every single cent of what the TV channels pay for the rights.
"I would never have dreamed that we would score four in a
semi-final of the Champions League. If we lose 3-0, we're out. If
4-1, it's extra-time. So it's not over but whatever happens we
will give our best and let's not ruin the pleasure of this night.
"Lewandowski is quality [because of] his mentality, his fitness,
what he thinks about football, how cool he is," Klopp said,
adding: "And I am sure he will stay."
So too will Klopp, even though he is realistic enough to know
that one of the consequences of this success is that it makes the
breakup of the side more likely. "I have told the journalists that
they can write what they want, but I will stay," he said. "That
might not be the best news for some of the players but it is the
truth so it's no problem.
"The better you get the more the other teams want your players;
you cannot be successful and have nobody recognise it. Every
year we lost one brilliant player and we get better and better
and better. It is no problem because we know we have to
concentrate on the next match and not think about next year.
This team's mentality is to enjoy each day that we are together
and then we will see at the end of the season."