Jurgen Klopp has expressed his relief over watching his Borussia Dortmund side beat Borussia Monchengladbach 1-0 on Sunday.

Klopp's side ended a five-game losing streak in the Bundesliga, courtesy of a freak own goal from Christoph Kramer by lobbing his goalkeeper from the halfway line.

Dortmund went into the clash at Signal Iduna Park rock bottom of the division, and the 47-year-old is delighted to have alleviated some of the pressure on his troops.

"I can't find the words for it [to describe his relief]," Klopp told reporters. "It takes much pressure off of us.

"Defensively we did not let the strengths of Gladbach come to the fore and then we scored a very strange goal.

"We have been given a bunch of chances and then a crazy goal must come to make it perfect. At the end we were a little shaky, but we won. It's a great feeling."

Dortmund, who won back-to-back Bundesliga titles under Klopp in 2011 and 2012, now find themselves 15th in the standings.