In October 2015, Liverpool appointed Jurgen Klopp as their manager replacing Brendan Rodgers after his dismal stint. Brendan Rodgers managed Liverpool for three seasons and did not win a trophy which was a first for any manager in Liverpool.
As per Wikipedia, Liverpool's co-owner John Henry used mathematical model developed by Cambridge physicist Ian Graham to select the manager and players that would eventually win the UEFA Champions League.
That was how Jurgen Klopp was selected as a successor to Brendan Rodgers. And Jurgen Klopp did win the UEFA Champions League in 2018/19 season with the Liverpool team that he built.
For this analysis the dataset I used was not readily available, so I had to manually copy, paste and clean the Premier League standings table from https://www.premierleague.com/tables.
First up is a line chart tracking position of Liverpool from Season 2015/16 to 2019/20 since Jurgen Klopp took over.
From the above chart one can see the work and effort put by Jurgen Klopp in building the team.
Red line is for Liverpool, in his first season in-charge although he was appointed in October 2015 and not exactly at the start of the new season and with him inheriting the team and players built by his predecessor, the team finished 8th in that season and finally finishing on top of the table in the season 2019/20.
Next is a Slope chart comparing season 2018/19 and 2019/20, Liverpool were 2nd in 2018/19 and 1st in 2019/20 season.
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