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Liverpool Coach Jürgen Klopp has been crowned Barclay's Premier League Manager of the Season and LMA Manager of the Year for the 2021-22 season.
After a dramatic final day on Sunday, May 22, Liverpool ended with 92 points, one point behind eventual champions Manchester City.
Liverpool will also play Real Madrid in the Champions League final for the third time in five years on Saturday in Paris.
Klopp beat out Thomas Frank (Brentford), Pep Guardiola (Manchester City), Eddie Howe (Newcastle United), and Patrick Vieira to win the Premier League's Manager of the Season award (Crystal Palace).
It's the second time he's won both awards, which he also did in 2019-20.
Liverpool embarked on a 19-game unbeaten streak to finish the season, with 10 wins in a row from January to April helping them reduce the 14-point deficit with City.
While accepting his award, Klopp also said of the Premier League season,"It is a great honour and it was an insane season." Only two games were meaningless on the last matchday, while the rest of us played for everything.
"It was a bit nervy, it wasn't the best outcome for us, but we are already over it. And when you win a prize like this you are either a genius, or you have the best coaching staff in the world - I am here with four of my coaching staff, and they know how much I appreciate them."
Klopp also took home the Sir Alex Ferguson Trophy, which is decided by a vote of all managers in all divisions. "This is anguish, absolute agony...Jurgen Klopp," Sir Alex cried as he announced the winner.
"Obviously, being voted for by my colleagues is the most important prize you can earn," the Liverpool manager remarked.
"I don't believe in individual awards in football; it's a team sport, and without these guys, I'd be nothing." It's all about what we can accomplish and what we've accomplished together."