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Best FIFA Awards 2019: Jurgen Klopp named Best FIFA Men's Coach of the Year

Liverpool manager 52-year-old Jurgen Klopp beat Tottenham's Mauricio Pochettino and Manchester City's Pep Guardiola to win the award for Best Men's coach at the FIFA The Best Awards in Milan this evening. Liverpool won the Champions League and came second in the Premier League last season, recording a tally of 97 points. 
Jurgen Klopp made a heart-warming announcement upon accepting his award. He announced that he just joined the Common Goal Initiative set up by Manchester United midfielder Juan Mata. Joining CGI implies that 1% of his salary would be channeled to the charity which pledges to "generate social change and improve lives.
Wow. It’s quite heavy! I have to say thank you to a lot of people, start with my family sitting at home watching. Nobody would have expected this 20 years ago, five years ago, four years ago.
Mauricio, I won that game, that’s why I’m here not you. That’s just how football is.
I say thank you to my oustanding club, LFC. Whoever doesn’t love it has no heart
I have to thank my team. As a coach, you can only be as good as your team.
I’m really proud of being a manager of an incredible bunch.
I don’t understand 100% individual prizes. But I get it. I’m here for a lot of people
We are all here on the really good side of life. There are people out there who do not have the same situation. From today on I am a member of the Common Goal family. If you don’t know it, Google it”
The Puskas award was won by eighteen-year-old Daniel Zsori, for his spectacular 93rd-minute overhead kick for Debrecen against Ferencvaros, just after he came on as a substitute for his Hungarian league debut in February. His goal beat that of Messi (from the edge of the penalty area against Real Betis) and of Juan Quintero (for River Plate against Racing Club).
Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker was awarded the best goalkeeper prize ahead of Barcelona's Marc-Andre ter Stegen and Manchester City's Ederson. 
Leeds United and Marcelo Bielsa won the FIFA Fair Play Award for letting Aston Villa score on the final day of the normal season last term. 
The FIFA Fan Award was won by Silvia Grecco.


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