Liverpool's Klopp wins LMA Manager of the Year award

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1. VARIOUS STILL PHOTOS SHOWING LIVERPOOL MANAGER JUERGEN KLOPP DURING HIS SIDE'S PREMIER LEAGUE TROPHY CELEBRATION

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2. KLOPP WALKING OUT ON TRAINING PITCH

3. KLOPP TALKING WITH COACHING STAFF

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4. KLOPP TALKING WITH COACHING STAFF

5. KLOPP WATCHING TRAINING SESSION

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6. KLOPP AT TRAINING

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7. VARIOUS OF KLOPP WATCHING TRAINING

STORY: Liverpool boss Juergen Klopp was named League Managers' Association (LMA) Manager of the Year on Monday (July 27) after guiding the Merseyside club to their first top-flight title in 30 years.

Klopp's Liverpool side won the Premier League title with seven games to spare and they finished the season 18 points clear at the top of the table.

The German coach pipped Leeds United boss Marcelo Bielsa, Wycombe Wanderers manager Gareth Ainsworth and last year's winner Chris Wilder of Sheffield United to the Alex Ferguson Trophy -- named after the former Manchester United manager.