Jurgen Klopp has heaped praise on Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta ahead of Liverpool's visit to the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday night.
The Reds have enjoyed an excellent start to 2022 and remain unbeaten in the Premier League since the turn of the year. Similarly, the Gunners are on a good run of form, winning each of their last five league outings, helping them to fourth in the current Premier League standings, with three games in hand on fifth-placed Manchester United.
Now, Klopp has hailed the work done by Arsenal manager Arteta, who has overseen a great period after his side lost all of their first three league matches. "I can’t even remember their start [to the season], I just see them playing now," the German said in his pre-match press conference.
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"They have a clear structure, clear idea, properly tuned, possession-based, young, full of talent and joy. If you go through the line-up there's an experienced striker and then three very exciting young boys and then a bit more experience in the double six and then a pretty inexperienced backline and a young goalkeeper, and that's not with [Emile] Smith Rowe even in, and then on top of the other guys, it’s interesting.
"Other teams will not like it because it's another big name back on track but that's how it looks. There are similarities [to us], you can say it like this, they're a massive club and qualification for European football in the last few years is not exactly how they wanted it.
"If they get Champions League this year, it will feel as good [as it did] for us the first time. A step in the right direction, an exciting team.
"Arsenal fans, maybe since I was in England, it was not always easy for them to enjoy. But they seem to be now and that's exactly how it should be."
