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Borussia Dortmund boss Klopp in holiday mode ahead of Arsenal clash

Juergen Klopp suggested on Tuesday that Borussia Dortmund are in England for a 'holiday'.

The German club have won all four Champions League matches in Group D thus far and head to the Emirates Stadium in London to take on Arsenal on Wednesday night having all but sewn up top spot.

Arsene Wenger's Gunners are five points in arrears of the Schwarzgelben and could place a little more pressure on Klopp if they happen to win in front of an expectant home crowd but the Dortmund boss is relaxed despite the fact his side sits in the bottom three on the Bundesliga table.

"This is a little bit like a holiday situation for me," he said at the pre-match press conference.

"We have real pressure. Maybe not in this competition, although we want to go through in first position but in the Bundesliga. It is a problem of concentration, of misunderstanding of the situation and we have to work further on this to be better.

"I cannot change the Bundesliga situation here so as I say, we are holiday. It is only the Champions League!

"But the Bundesliga comes back on Sunday. We have pressure. At the moment, it is not with the crowd and with the club, it is the pressure that I put on myself. But that is more than enough.

"In our situation, we need each game to get more stability and we have to use this game [against Arsenal] for the Bundesliga. We need stability, that is our big problem until now. If we can play very good, it will help us for the Bundesliga."

Dortmund can secure top spot in their group if they avoid defeat at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday but a loss would keep Arsenal in with a chance of clinching the number one berth dependent on final fixture results on December 9.

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