Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino praises Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp

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Mauricio Pochettino’s Tottenham Hotspur will face Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool in the Champions League final on Saturday.

Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino has spoken highly of Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp, as quoted in Football.London.

Pochettino will face Klopp when Tottenham lock horns with Premier League rivals Liverpool in the final of the Champions League at Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid on Saturday evening.

Ahead of the big game, the Argentine boss has raved about the German manager.

Pochettino told Football.London: For me, Jurgen is a very successful manager. I admire him a lot. He’s very positive, he’s spontaneous and natural.

“I respect him a lot and he’s been a bit unlucky. He’s been in three finals and sometimes it’s about the circumstances you arrive in. To arrive in three finals is congratulations and I admire him a lot.”

Successful managers

Klopp is a hugely successful manager who won the Bundesliga title twice with Borussia Dortmund, and has now guided Liverpool to the final of the Champions League twice in a row.

The Reds also reached the final of the Europa League in 2016, but just like last season in the Champions League final, they failed to win.

Pochettino has been superb for Tottenham since he was appointed the North London club’s manager back in the summer of 2014.

Under the Argentine, Spurs have established themselves as a top-four club in the Premier League, and they could well become the champions of Europe later this evening.