Jurgen
Klopp has won the Barclays Manager of the Month award after guiding Liverpool
to maximum points in September.
The
49-year-old has become the first German to win the award in Premier League
history after a run of three successive victories last month.
Klopp's
men started September with a 4-1 victory over champions Leicester City at
Anfield, before Jordan Henderson's Carling Goal of the Month secured a 2-1 win
at Chelsea. The Reds then triumphed 5-1 in their home encounter with Hull City.
After
receiving the award, Klopp said: "I went into the office of my coaches and
said, 'We are Manager of the Month! I don't need personal prizes but it's nice
now I have another one'.
Liverpool
manager says the credit for the award does not lie solely with him
"We
are on a good way but there are so many good teams in this league and so many
difficult games for us, which we have to be ready for. I'm fine with the
moment, but we have to play a few more games and hopefully we perform
well."
Klopp
was the winner from a shortlist of five: Manchester City's Pep Guardiola,
Crystal Palace's Alan Pardew, Tottenham Hotspur's Mauricio Pochettino and
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.
In
a related development, Jordan Henderson has won the Premier League Goal of the
Month award for September for his strike in Liverpool's 2-1 win against Chelsea
at Stamford Bridge.
Henderson,
26, scored in the 36th minute to put Liverpool two goals up and on their way to
three wins in three games in September.
The
winner was decided by a combination of votes from a panel of experts and the
public. Hull City head coach Mike Phelan won August's award.
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