Manchester United star Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp gave him his nickname.

Klopp brought the midfielder to Borussia Dortmund from Shakhtar Donetsk in 2013.

When I came first to Dortmund Jurgen Klopp said, 'Listen, Mkhitaryan, it's your family name, it's too long,'" Mkhitaryan told the BBC World Service. "'So Henrikh, it's too long. Let's call you Micki. Are you okay?' I said, 'Okay, no problem.' And since that day they started calling me Micki.

"I'm thankful to him [Klopp] because he picked me from Shakhtar Donetsk when I was in the Ukraine, thanks to him because he worked a lot on me."