Unai Emery has said he wants to channel Jurgen Klopp’s happy-go-lucky approach to management and bring “positivity” back to the Emirates.

The Arsenal head coach welcomes Klopp’s Liverpool to north London on Saturday for his side’s biggest test since their back-to-back defeats by Manchester City and Chelsea at the start of the season.

Arsenal’s record against the ‘big six’ sides has been poor in recent years, but Emery is hoping his own brand of Klopp-esque enthusiasm can inspire his players.

“I want to enjoy it every day,” said Emery. “I look at Klopp and he smiles every day. I want to smile like him. A smile is better when you win. We need to do things positive, with smiling and then enjoying, but also enjoying and working.

“I need to learn to smile more. When we win it is more easy. I need also to smile at other moments. But our work is very demanding work for us. Every day we need to be very prepared for each match. Then it is very easy to transmit to the players a smile.”

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Emery, who celebrates his 47th birthday on Saturday will hope to savour a victory similar to when his Sevilla side defeated Liverpool in the final of the 2016 Europa League.

Klopp’s side have since progressed to the Champions League final and Emery believes they are a good “example” for Arsenal to follow.

“This team three seasons ago, they were playing in the final of the Europa League,” Emery said. “Their development was to last season play in the final of the Champions League. For us, it’s a good example of how you can improve.”

Emery also urged his side to write a “new history” for the club as they look to improve their woeful record against the Premier League’s top sides.

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Arsenal have won only five of their last 32 meetings with the so-called ‘big six’, dating back to the 2015/16 season.

As revealed by Telegraph Sport in exclusive extracts from a new biography about Emery, the Spaniard is a devotee of motivational books and tends to offer his players reading material during a season.

Emery said he is yet to give his players books during his time at Arsenal, but added: “I am very demanding of myself. I know first that I need to continue improving in the new language so I can explain good my English with you and every supporter, and also inside with my players.

“I need to continue reading books and I like to learn about different people in the world, different people with success in and outside of football. I use it for me, and I use it also to give my players my experience or my learning in every moment.”