Football: Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp wins Premier League manager of the season award
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Jurgen Klopp had picked up the League Manager's Association manager of the year award in July 2020.
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LONDON (AFP) - Jurgen Klopp has been named the Premier League manager of the season after guiding the English club to their first league title in three decades.
The 53-year-old German beat Chelsea's Frank Lampard, Leicester City's Brendan Rodgers, whom Klopp replaced at Liverpool in 2015, and Sheffield United's Chris Wilder.
Liverpool coasted to the title after losing narrowly to Manchester City in the previous campaign.
They garnered 99 points, winning 32 of their 38 league games, to finish 18 points clear of Manchester City in the just-concluded term.
Klopp - who coached Liverpool to the Champions League trophy in the 2018/19 season - picked up the League Manager's Association manager of the year award in July.
The Premier League award - Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold won the young player gong on Friday - is a cumulation of votes from the public combined with those of a panel of football experts.
