The result ended Leeds' hopes of automatic promotion to the Premier League. That was after Leeds had taken the lead in controversial fashion, scoring after they had refused to kick the ball out of play despite a Villa player laying injured. The fair play award went to Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa and his squad. Having then received a round of applause, Klopp said: "A few people obviously know it - if not, Google it. He said: "I'm really proud and happy that I can announce that from today on I am a member of the Common Goal family." Klopp also announced he had signed up to the Common Goal movement, in which members donate one per cent of their salary to a charity which funds organisations around the world that use football to tackle social issues. "I'm really proud of being the manager of such an incredible bunch of players." "I have to say thank you to my outstanding club Liverpool FC, to the owners, I have to say they gave me an incredible team, and I have to thank my team, because as a coach you only can be as good as your team is. That's how football is, but we all know what an incredible job you did, what an incredible job Pep did, what so many coaches out there did.
Klopp said at the ceremony at Milan's Teatro alla Scala: "Mauricio - we won that game, that's why I'm here, not you.
The German claimed the award ahead of Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino, whose team Liverpool defeated in the Champions League final, and City's Pep Guardiola. Klopp guided his side to Champions League glory last season, while the Reds narrowly missed out on the Premier League title, being pipped by Manchester City. Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has been named men's coach of the year at the Best FIFA awards in Milan while Lionel Messi took home the player of the year award.
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