"Momo did for us what he's done all season. He worked very hard right until the end, and he was very important for us, not just on Saturday, but throughout the year," said the Liverpool boss.
"Some of my staff came to me at the end of the game and said they thought Momo would have been their man-of-the-match as well as Steven Gerrard.
"Maybe a lot of people don't recognise how important Momo is, but everyone at the club knows it."