A great completion from Liverpool striker Divock Origi was counterbalanced by a projectile header from Dortmund chief Mats Hummels.
The outcome supports the English side in front of the arrival at Anfield in a week's chance.
"Presently there's a genuine piece of flavor in the tie, however we lack the inclination we're through," said Liverpool's supervisor Klopp.
"Things could have gone more regrettable and with everything taken into account it was great a decent result from our point of view. Around the time we went 1-0 up, we truly indicated what we can do."
On his tremendously built up come back to the Ruhr Valley, Klopp got a warm welcome at Dortmund's Signal Iduna Park, where he delighted in seven years as Borussia mentor, winning two Bundesliga titles and the German Cup in 2012.
His name got a boisterous cheer from the home fans when it was perused out before commencement and he embraced Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke on the midway line amid the warm-up.
"It was pleasant to be back and I truly esteemed the acclaim I had before commencement," included Klopp.
Both arrangements of supporters gave an animating interpretation of the two clubs' song of devotion 'You'll Never Walk Alone' before an offer out horde of 65,848, however once commence came it was serious.
Dortmund made the more grounded begin with two clear risks in the opening half.
With a quarter of a hour gone, Marco Reus gobbled up Adam Lallana's freedom however let go his low drive only wide of Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet's correct post.
The amusement must be stopped on 21 minutes when James Milner's free-kick discovered Dejan Lovren.
The Croatian conflicted heads with Roman Weidenfeller in the objective mouth scramble and the Dortmund goalkeeper required therapeutic treatment before he could continue.
Dortmund then squandered a brilliant chance when the Liverpool protection left Henrikh Mkhitaryan unmarked, yet the midfielder dragged his shot only wide on 34 minutes.
Furthermore, the hosts were left to lament their missed open doors when Liverpool struck.
Milner, who was brilliant throughout the night, flicked a go to Origi and the Belgian striker opened past Weidenfeller with a heavenly low drive, and a slight diversion, with 36 minutes gone.
Klopp delivered his trademark pumped-clench hand festivity on the touchline and Liverpool just about got a second when Milner's shot was hindered by Lukasz Piszczek on 40 minutes.
Dortmund mentor Thomas Tuchel brought on ex-Liverpool midfielder Nuri Sahin for Germany global Erik Durm toward the begin of the second half.
It gave the hosts crisp stimulus, and they were level inside of three minutes of the restart.
Hummels assaulted a Mkhitaryan cross and got up above Lallana to head home the equalizer.
In any case, just a splendid recovery from Weidenfeller just minutes after the fact halted Liverpool going 2-1 up.
Philippe Coutinho discovered space and hit his shot towards the base left corner, however the Dortmund shot-plug got down in time as it completed all square.
"We gave the objective away too effectively, however all things considered, the point will do, regardless of the fact that we had sought after additional," said Dortmund's objective scoring chief Hummels.
Dortmund were seemingly better on the night, yet Klopp's Liverpool will begin next Thursday's arrival leg at Anfield as top picks to achieve the semi-finals.
"We came here to get the win and we welled today," said Liverpool's Germany guard Emre Can.
"A 1-1 draw is a decent result, yet the possibility of experiencing is still just 50-50."
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