Liverpool’s Jürgen Klopp wins LMA manager of the year award

Jürgen Klopp has been named the League Managers’ Association Premier League manager of the year.

Liverpool won the Carabao Cup and FA Cup this season after beating Chelsea following a penalty shoot-out at Wembley on each occasion, and finished a point behind Manchester City in what proved to be a dramatic title race.

Klopp collected his accolade at the LMA Awards dinner in London on Tuesday evening. Speaking on stage, the German said: “It is a great honour and it was an insane season. The last matchday when only two games were meaningless and in the rest, we all played for absolutely everything. It was not the best outcome for us, but we are already over it.

“When you win a prize like this you are either a genius or you have the best coaching staff in the world – and I am here with all of my coaching staff; they know how much I appreciate them.”

Klopp also collected the Sir Alex Ferguson Trophy, which is voted for by the full membership of managers across all the divisions. “This being voted for by my colleagues is obviously the most important prize you can get,” Klopp said. “I don’t believe in individual prizes in football generally, it is a team sport and I would be nothing without these boys there. It is all about what we can do together and what we did together.”

Klopp still has an opportunity to win the Champions League for a second time as Liverpool manager this season. His side face Real Madrid in the final in Paris on Saturday.