Liverpool travel to the Emirates Stadium on Sunday, looking to bounce back to winning ways in the Premier League, having dropped points to Brighton and Hove on Sunday.
Klopp knows his Liverpool team are up against a different Arsenal side tomorrow.
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has lavished praise on Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta for the ‘really really good job’ he is doing at the Emirates Stadium, adding that he has ‘lots of respect’ for his work.
The Gunners have been impressive since the start of the 2022-23 campaign and are currently top of the Premier League table after winning seven games and losing one to Manchester United.
Arsenal host Klopp’s Reds this Sunday as they look to continue their winning ways, and the German coach admits that the team his side will be up against tomorrow is totally different from the team they won four times and scored eight goals in the 2021-22 season.
Klopp: Arsenal deserve to be at the top of the English top flight table.
"All my respect - wow. Really, really good job," Klopp admitted as the Liverpool Echo quoted. "When you need some time, nobody wants to give you time. Maybe not all of us deserve it because you still have to be good to use the time - and that is what Mikel did. I have lots of respect for it.
"They had a lot of talent in these past three years. Martinelli - very early I was really excited about him. He became exactly the player I expected.
"Martin Odegaard - I spoke to him when he was 15 from Norway and the whole world wanted him and he decided for Real Madrid.
"Saka - I think from the first day since he was playing he is incredible. Gabriel Jesus - if anyone knew how incredible he could be not in a Manchester City shirt in a fixed number nine role then it was Mikel, because they worked together.
"Same with Zinchenko - great things. He brought Xhaka back on track. The last line is now really well set and they have found a way they want to defend.
"It’s a young team, a very exciting team and they're doing really well. The position they are in is well deserved."
Liverpool have won their past two away league games against Arsenal, but in the current climate, Arsenal are in form while Liverpool are lagging. It remains to be seen what happens on Sunday and if Klopp will have the same opinion of the Gunners after the match.
Think Football Ideas are predicting Arsenal will maintain their spot at the top of the Premier League with a 3-1 win over the Merseyside club.
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