Sir Alex Ferguson joked that it felt 'sore' to hand over the Manager of the Year award named after him to Pep Guardiola.
The Man City boss was crowned the LMA Manager of the Year for the third time earlier this week, in the wake of winning his third successive top-flight title.
Guardiola has dominated the Premier League in recent years and could emulate the United legend even further by winning an historic Treble in the coming weeks.