The Premier League has published shortlists for the September Player and Manager of the Month awards, highlighting a mix of established stars and emerging contributors.<\/p>\n
Erling Haaland was the standout player in September, finishing the month with a barnstorming total of five goals. He scored in high-profile victories against Arsenal and Manchester United and also supplied an assist.<\/p>\n
Daichi Kamada has been a consistent presence for Crystal Palace. Signed as an attacking midfielder, the 29-year-old has been deployed deeper in a 3-4-2-1 system and combined creativity with robust tackling in that role.<\/p>\n
Yankuba Minteh provided three goal contributions for Brighton & Hove Albion, scoring in each of the club\u2019s three matches in September. His display in the 3\u20131 comeback win over Chelsea drew particular praise.<\/p>\n
Sunderland were one of the surprise packages of the month, a newly promoted side that finished September on a three-game unbeaten run. The Black Cats were led by goalkeeper Robin Roefs, who kept two clean sheets, and midfield signing Granit Xhaka, who set up each of Sunderland\u2019s goals.<\/p>\n
Arsenal midfielder Mart\u00edn Zubimendi enjoyed an expanded attacking remit after Martin \u00d8degaard\u2019s injury and supplied notable moments, including a volleyed goal against Nottingham Forest.<\/p>\n
The Manager of the Month shortlist reflected team form and tactical approaches. Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta saw his side beat Nottingham Forest and Newcastle United and draw with Man City, a sequence “which, according to the boss himself, left people all over the football world in awe .” Oliver Glasner retained Crystal Palace\u2019s unbeaten record and orchestrated the tactical plan that delivered Liverpool\u2019s first defeat of the campaign. Pep Guardiola\u2019s Manchester City produced nine goals across three games. R\u00e9gis Le Bris remained on the list following Sunderland\u2019s run that left them fifth at the end of the month.<\/p>\n
Recent winners listed in the draft include Jack Grealish (Everton, August) and Arne Slot (Liverpool, September).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Haaland led the September shortlist with five goals; nominees include Kamada, Minteh and Zubimendi..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[465,238,969,689],"tags":[299,1019,1068],"class_list":["post-3475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crystal-palace","category-manchester-city","category-premier-league","category-sunderland","tag-arne-slot","tag-creative-players","tag-dominance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}