ENERGY RETURN: Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp beams as honored Premier League Manager of the Month award

Jurgen Klopp was elected Premier League Manager of the Month in January 2024 and is only inferior to the achievements of three colleagues in the tournament’s history.

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Surpassing three candidates, Mikel Arteta (Arsenal), Rob Edwards (Luton Town) and Pep Guardiola (Man City), Klopp was honored as the best Premier League coach of the month in January 2024 thanks to a combination of fan votes. with a group of experts.

This is the tenth time the German coach has won this individual title, after September 2016, December 2018, March, August, September, November, December 2019, January 2020 and May 2021. He thereby equaled David Moyes’ achievement and was only behind Pep Guardiola (11 times), Arsene Wenger (15) and Sir Alex Ferguson (27).

Liverpool is the only club to play three matches in the Premier League in January 2024. They won all by defeating Newcastle 4-2, Bournemouth 4-0 and Chelsea 4-1 to keep the top of the table. In particular, the Chelsea match helped Klopp reach the milestone of 200 wins in Premier League history. He also chose it as his favorite victory in January 2024.

“It was a really good month professionally. We found a way to deal with different challenges, different opponents and got through it. Everything was good, there was really no There’s nothing to complain about,” the 56-year-old coach expressed his joy when receiving the award.

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Diogo Jota was elected the best player in the Premier League in January 2024, surpassing teammate Conor Bradley, as well as Elijah Adebayo (Luton Town), Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), Gabriel Magalhaes (Arsenal) and Richarlison ( Tottenham).

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The Liverpool striker has three goals and two assists through three matches – the best statistics in the Premier League last month. He contributed one assist in the win over Newcastle, two goals and one assist in the win over Bournemouth, and opened fire in the win over Chelsea.

This is the first time Jota has received the Premier League’s best player of the month award and is the second Liverpool player to be honored this season, after Mohamed Salah in October 2023.

During yesterday’s press conference, Klopp confirmed that Alisson Becker, Conor Bradley, Joe Gomez and Ibrahima Konate – players who missed the win over Burnley last weekend – are ready to return, but Thiago Alcantara, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Dominik Szoboszlai are still available. sit outside. Most notable is the fact that Mohamed Salah recovered from injury, returned to full training and was added to the registration list.