Dortmund coach Klopp revels in win over Shakhtar

Borussia Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp hailed an "extraordinary moment" for the club after they stormed into the quarter-finals of the Champions League.The German champions swept aside Shakhtar Donetsk 3-0 at the Westfalenstadion on Tuesday night to go through 5-2 on aggregate. Goals from Felipe Santana, Mario Gotze and Jakub Blaszczykowski sealed a convincing win for the hosts.Klopp said on www.kicker.de: "This is an extraordinary moment, our whole Champions League campaign has run like clockwork. For 80 minutes it was an unbelievable game from us. Just after the break it was a bit concerning for a moment, but we were strong from the first minute to the last."It is the first time since the 1997/98 season that Dortmund have been in the last eight of Europe's top club competition, when they eventually lost to Real Madrid in the semi-finals.Chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke added: "It's been 15 years since we were in the quarter-finals. It is about honour for us. It's good for us financially, but the feeling to reach the quarter-finals is irreplaceable."Winger Kevin Grosskreutz claimed Dortmund's run would not end at the quarter-finals."We are overjoyed, everyone can be proud of themselves," he said on the club website. "In the quarter-finals we can again achieve a great sensation."Shakhtar coach Mircea Lucescu admitted his side were outclassed. "Borussia deservedly progressed further," he said on the Ukrainian team's website. "They were the team that were hard to beat. I want to note once again that it was a well-deserved victory."We had hope up to the 30th minute, as long as the opponents didn't create anything, with us waiting for our counter-attacking chance."But, unfortunately, they scored a goal from a corner kick, and then all our plans changed. There were seven fatal minutes - from the 30th to 37th when the opponents scored again after our errors."

Source: PA