Liverpool boss Jürgen Klopp has seen off some stiff competition to secure the Premier League Manager of the Month award for September.

But why was the German deemed by a combination of an esteemed panel and the voting public to have outperformed fellow nominees Pep Guardiola, Arsene Wenger, Mauricio Pochettino and Alan Pardew last month?

We've provided five possible reasons here, which you can begin reading by clicking 'Next' below.