Klopp insists he expected his compatriot Hansi Flick who guided Bayern Munich to a second treble in their history last season, to hoist the most coveted trophy.
Liverpool under the tutelage of Klopp ended their 30-year wait for the league as they comfortably swooped the Premier League title with 99 points.
Despite guiding the Reds to end their Premier League hoodoo the former Borussia Dortmund boss admitted that he thought Flick did a wonderful job in Bavaria.
"I'm grateful for it. Like everybody I was a bit wide-eyed, I didn't expect it at all. I thought [Bayern Munich boss] Hansi Flick won everything pretty much in the last year," Klopp said.
"I'm happy about it, it's a special thing for my coaches and me. I've just seen them already and they are buzzing.
"If you'd asked me if I was the world's best coach, I'd would have said no. If you asked if I have the best coaches around me, I'd would have said yes.
"So we take the award like this. There are more important things in the world but its a nice thing."
The Reds are unbeaten in nine league games but have not won away since September, but Klopp insists Liverpool’s away points does not concern him ahead of a visit to face Crystal Palace on Saturday.
"It's not much of as concern, because we don't feel it," he said.
"We were slightly unlucky in one or two games. But it's a fact, it's the truth we didn't win a lot away from home.
"So we will try to change that by doing the right things, putting a shift in. Playing the best possible football is the plan."
