English Premier League: Jurgen Klopp claims LMA Premier League Manager of the Year 

Liverpool was targetting an unprecedented quadruple, but their bid ended when Manchester won the English Premier League by finishing a point ahead of them. However, they won the Carabao Cup and FA Cup after beating Chelsea following a penalty shoot-out at Wembley on each occasion and are preparing to tackle Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League summit clash on May 28 in Paris. 

Klopp is grateful to his boys as they prepare to take on Madrid

Klopp acquired his accolade at the LMA Awards dinner in London on Tuesday evening. After taking the award, Klopp said, "It is a great honour, and it was an insane season". On the last matchday, when only two games were meaningless, we played for absolutely everything in the rest. It was not the best outcome for us, but we are already over it. He further added, "When you win a prize like this, you are either a genius or 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 acquired the Sir Alex Ferguson Trophy, an accolade that relies on the entire membership of managers across all the divisions. Klopp said that being voted for by his colleagues is the most important prize. He doesn't believe in individual awards because football is a team sport, so he is grateful to his boys, as stated by the Reds' manager. "It is all about what we can do together and what we did together." Before the Champions League final, Klopp has revealed that he is counting on his boys to utilise the experience of their previous finals. 

Past failures have honed Liverpool into an unyielding team

During his first year as the manager, Liverpool had lost the Europa League final and the Carabao Cup final. So Klopp renders these experiences as essential but not lovely. However, they had learned how to win due to these failures that repeatedly tested their focus and determination. "To do all the things you do over the years, to use it in such a high, prolific game – and that's the plan. So yeah, I think if we are not entering a world-class team already, but you want to get there, then you're going to have to learn [how]," said the 54-year-old German. Klopp revealed that the group had been pretty together since then. Although not typical, some players in the team are playing a third Champions League final, which Klopp thinks is incredible.