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Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Liverpool fans love what Jurgen Klopp said about Mauricio Pochettino at Best Fifa awards

Jurgen Klopp may have been named The Best Fifa Men's Coach, but it was his speech which has impressed many.

The German tactician, who guided the Reds to the Champions League last season, won the award ahead of Manchester City's Pep Guardiola and Tottenham Hotspur's Mauricio Pochettino at the ceremony in Italy on Monday night.

Klopp was classy as ever in his acceptance speech as he mentioned the incredible job Pochettino has done at Spurs.

"It is great, nobody expected this 20, 10, five, four years ago that I would be standing here," he said. "Mauricio, I won that game (the Champions League final), that's why I'm here not you.

"That's just how football is. We know what an incredible job you [Mauricio Pochettino] did and what Pep did.

"I have to say thank you to my outstanding club Liverpool FC. Whoever doesn't love it, has no heart.

"To the owners thank you, they gave me an incredible team. I have to thank my team - as a coach you can only be as good as your team is.

"I'm really proud of being manager of such an incredible bunch of players.

"This is an individual prize, I don't 100% understand individual prizes, I'm here for a lot of people."

This prompted a huge reaction from Liverpool fans on social media as they praised for German for humility.

Take a look at what's been said on Twitter...

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