Borussia Dortmund forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has credited manager Jurgen Klopp for his stellar form this season.

Aubameyang arrived at the German outfit from French Ligue 1 side Saint-Etienne in the summer of 2013. He has enjoyed a fruitful campaign so far having scored 15 goals and assisted a further nine in all competitions.




Borussia Dortmund have suffered inexplicably this season after finishing runners-up in the Bundesliga last term. After flirting with the relegation spots for large stretches of the current campaign they have moved to 12th in the table on the back of three consecutive wins.

And their fortunes appear linked with those of Aubameyang, who has scored four times and assisted two in their last three outings, thereby being directly involved in six of Borussia Dortmund’s last ten goals.
 


The Gabon international has credited Klopp for hitting his purple patch and insists that the confidence from the manager in him is paying dividends.

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“I’ve got the backing from the coach, and that's extremely important to me”, Aubameyang said in an interview with the club site.

“I feel the coach is relying on me and that he has full faith in me, that is really important to me”, he added.

The 25-year-old further added that Klopp’s decision to play the striker through the centre instead of deploying him on the right wing, as the manager did earlier in the season, has helped him find his scoring touch.

“Equally important is that I can act as a striker up front.”

The Gabonese becoming the focal point of the Black and Yellows attack has allowed increased link-up play between the club’s talisman Marco Reus and the striker. And Aubameyang adds that their interplay suits him.

“I get the right balls there to be a goal threat. And the interplay with Marco Reus also really suits me.”

Aubameyang will look to add to his three Champions League goals when Klopp’s men take on Juventus in the first leg of their round of 16 tie in Turin tonight.

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