Van Persie reveals pride in compliment from Jurgen Klopp

Former Manchester United striker Robin van Persie has revealed how much praise he once received from Jurgen Klopp meant to him.

Klopp, then manager of Borussia Dortmund, applauded Van Persie’s performance in the 2011 match between Arsenal and Dortmund, which ended 1-1 after the Dutch striker opened the scoring.

Van Persie, now retired, scored 37 goals that season, and understandably caught the eye of the German manager.

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“Jurgen Klopp has given me the nicest of compliments, saying ‘I’ve never seen a player playing in three positions at the same time,” Van Persie told Voetbal International, as quoted by Goal.

“I fell back in the game, went on the wings, was in front.

“The team adapted to my playing style, they’ve played for me so that’s the only reason I scored the goal and delivered an outstanding performance.”

On watching Liverpool play this season, Van Persie added: “They play with four at the back and before that two blocks of three and those two blocks constantly cover each other at the back.

“It’s nice to see how that works together, there must be heaps of work, there is no other way.

“They have to trust each other, those players. If one goes, the others must be at his back, and another at his back.

“For Klopp, it must also be cool to see that his philosophy is really in that team.”

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