Arsenal fullback Oleks Zinchenko rates Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah his toughest opponent.

Zinchenko made the call when speaking to Rio Ferdinand on Five.

“I think it's Salah, I think it's Salah," he said. “With all my respect to the rest, to Riyad (Mahrez) as well because I played against when he was at Leicester (City). He's (Salah) an absolutely explosive and unstoppable winger.

“What Liverpool did so well, especially when Wijnaldum was there, because Wijnaldum is more like box-to-box... Community Shield game against Liverpool penalties, we won that game. Mikel was still there and I went to the dressing room at half-time and said, 'Mikel, what do I need to do with this?'

“'(Virgil) Van Dijk on the ball, he's playing on the left-side on the right foot, without pressure, he does first touch, Wijnaldum runs behind between me and (Nicolas] Otamendi) I need to protect inside, Salah drops wide, the ball to feet and the distance between me and Salah, was like 50 meters. Imagine his pace against me, I'm finished. What do I need to do at half-time? There was like five balls like this in a row.

“He said, 'the only one way is to ask Raz (Sterling) who was playing on the left, to come to drop a bit lower to leave Trent'. If you stay with Salah then it's a big gap for Wijnaldum. And when Mohamed is receiving the ball at his feet and he gets the pace, it's impossible, impossible."