Guardiola, Klopp, Tuchel: Who was the best Premier League manager in 2021/2022?

The dust has finally started to settle on what was a Premier League season for the history books.

Manchester City clinched the title on the very last day in dramatic fashion.

Tottenham made a late surge under Antonio Conte to seize the fourth and final Champions League qualification spot.

And we witnessed miracles at work in the north-east as Eddie Howe took charge of Newcastle in late December and catapulted them up the league to an eventual finishing position of 11th from 19th.

We really did have it all, and it was the first time in years that we reached the final Sunday with everything to play for in the league, all the way from the title down to relegation.

More of the same next year? That’d be great, thanks.

But now it’s all said and done, 90min decided to consider which managers performed best throughout the 2021/2022 season.

Before we get into that, though, let’s just go over a few little disclaimers in terms of the methodology and set-up in the order.

Firstly, these rankings are based solely upon league form – at least it seems that way.

Secondly, these rankings have been formulated based upon what each manager’s objectives would have been at the start of the season.

For example, Pep Guardiola would have been tasked with winning the title, whereas when Howe took charge his main objective would have been to avoid relegation.

Similarly, Roman Abramovich would have wanted Thomas Tuchel to mount a title challenge, whilst Patrick Vieira’s 12th place finish would be classed as a roaring success around Selhurst Park.

You can almost consider the ranking as to what extent a manager has met, fell short or exceeded his initial season objectives.

So, with that cleared up, let’s get into it.

20. Roy Hodgson 19.