JURGEN KLOPP’S record-shattering Liverpool broke another best – as he scooped the Premier League Manager of the Month award for the fifth time in six months.
It is the most times a manager has won the the gong in one season.
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has won his fifth Premier League Manager of the Month award, which is a record for a single campaignCredit: EPA
The only month he did not win it was in October when Chelsea manager Frank Lampard took the honours.
The Reds are 22 points ahead of second-placed Manchester City as they look to wrap up their first ever Premier League title.
If City keep winning all their games, the Merseysiders can still be crowned champions if they win their next six matches.
That would mean they can seal the title at Anfield if they beat Crystal Palace on March 21.
This would put them on 91 points.
If Pep Guardiola’s City won all their remaining matches they would still only have 90 points.
It is a vast contrast to last season when City smashed through the 100-point barrier to pip the Reds to the title.
Klopp, 52, has beaten Guardiola’s record in winning five Manager of the Month gongs in a single season.
And who would bet against him winning it in February, March, April and May?
Liverpool won all five games in January.
The only points they have dropped this season were in the 1-1 draw away to Manchester United in October.
But Klopp’s overall tally of eight Manager of the Month awards is still way behind Sir Alex Ferguson, who won 26 from the start of the Premier League in 1993.
However, at the rate Liverpool are going they will easily surpass City’s record of 100 points last term.
They are also looking to equal Arsenal’s unbeaten season of 2003-04.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
