"Klopp changed my career" - Barca's Lewandowski

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Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski gave an interview to 'ESPN' and spoke about his past at Borussia Dortmund and his relationship with coach Jurgen Klopp. "I talked to him as if he were my father," he said.

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Robert Lewandowski joined Bayern Munich after playing for Borussia Dortmund. In July 2022 the striker signed for Barcelona and is having great performances for the La Liga side.
However, the Poland international has many memories of playing for Dortmund under Jurgen Klopp, who currently coaches Liverpool. The Barcelona player gave an interview to 'ESPN' and said Klopp was "like his father".
"I think that one situation changed my career. It was the first season at Dortmund. I wasn't in good form. I didn't score so many goals. I didn't know what Jurgen wanted from me.
"After a game that we lost, I went to him directly. I said: "I want to speak with you because I don't understand and I don't know what you expect from me." And this conversation was like, I thought that maybe we're going to speak five minutes but we were speaking about an hour and a half," he added.
"The most important thing was that I was speaking with him, maybe like a father. And I missed my father because I lost my father when I was 16 years old. I couldn't find someone who can talk with me like that.
"Three days later, we were playing in the Bundesliga and I scored a hat trick and got one assist and we won 4-0. That was Augsburg, I think. In that moment I understood that mentality and what you have in your head is so important because I didn't change anything. But I felt some freedom, just like I'm clear in my mind. After this everything changed," Lewandowski concluded.

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