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Jurgen Klopp wins Fifa Best Football men’s coach 2020 award after ending Liverpool’s title drought

Klopp was shocked to beat Hansi Flick and Marcelo Bielsa to the prize, winning the award for the second year in a row

Sports Staff
Friday 18 December 2020 11:29 GMT
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Jurgen Klopp speaks to the studio
Jurgen Klopp speaks to the studio (AP)
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Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp was named the best men's coach for the second successive year.

Having won last year following the Reds' Champions League triumph, Klopp was presented with the award again after ending Liverpool's long wait for a Premier League title.

Klopp gave credit to his coaching team, saying: "I have to thank these boys. What we did in the last few years was really special."

On the Premier League title, the German added: "I had no idea how it would feel and it felt absolutely overwhelming."

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