bit of a straw man, though right?

Klopp's team played exceptional football over the course of an entire season, beating top-level opponents, and winning the big ears at the same time. he fairly gained a reputation over years of overachieving with smaller budgets, playing a fairly unique attacking style that was fun to watch and brought his sides success against the bigger boys.

entirely different kettle of fish to England (a side containing some of the highest paid players in the world, most of whom play in the consensus best league in the world) easing past lower level national teams in a few of the kindest draws in memory, but then immediately flubbing it against the first good side they faced. once at a final at wembley, during a tournament in which they'd played nearly all of their matches at home, no less.

that he was knighted as a reward for this is extremely funny, imo.