Jurgen Klopp highlights the Arsenal player who is ‘one of the best on the planet’

Liverpool will meet Arsenal today at the Emirates with Jurgen Klopp facing his former players when he was a manager at Borussia Dortmund. Arsenal players Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang were playing under Klopp in the Bundesliga and the fact that Aubameyang is the joint top scorer in the Premier League this season with seven goals is not a surprise for the Liverpool coach. So the Reds' defenders, who have only conceded four goals so far in this campaign, will have to be at their best to deny the Gabon international. Klopp said: "Auba, he's the biggest threat: speed and goal threat, it’s unbelievable. "He’s one of the best players for the counter-attack that you can find on this planet because of the timing of the runs and the really outstanding finishing record in situations like that. "When we scouted him at Saint-Etienne he played more from the wing and he played more for me at Dortmund on the wing as well because for us it was not clear how he could keep the ball up front with his back to the opponent. "But then he ended up doing that really well as well. He can play both positions, from the wing or as a single striker or together with another striker. "This makes him a very good player to be honest."

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