Brentford striker Igor Thiago has been named the Premier League Player of the Month for November, while Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca took the Manager of the Month prize.<\/p>\n
Thiago becomes the fourth different recipient of the Player of the Month award this campaign and the first Brentford player ever to receive the honour. On the recognition he said: \u201cIt means so much to me,\u201d Thiago admitted. \u201cI\u2019m really happy to receive this because it means my hard work on the pitch has paid off.<\/p>\n
“I’m surprised! But hopefully I can receive more of these this season. I’m so happy and proud of myself.” <\/p>\n
The list of winners earlier in the campaign includes Jack Grealish for August (Everton), Erling Haaland for September (Man City) and Bryan Mbeumo for October (Man Utd).<\/p>\n
Maresca claimed his second Manager of the Month award after Chelsea collected a league-high 10 points across November. The Blues beat Tottenham Hotspur, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Burnley as they began to build momentum, and they salvaged a hard-fought draw with league leaders Arsenal despite playing most of that match with 10 players.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis kind of thing, it\u2019s because you do the right things,\u201d Maresca reflected. \u201cPerformances and results were fantastic.\u201d<\/p>\n
The manager award returns to Maresca\u2019s desk for the first time since September 2024. He is the fourth different winner of the Manager of the Month prize this season; previous monthly recipients are Arne Slot (Liverpool) for August, Oliver Glasner (Crystal Palace) for September and Ruben Amorim (Man Utd) for October.<\/p>\n
Both individual awards underline a strong November for the recipients and their clubs. Thiago\u2019s accolade is a first for Brentford at this level, while Maresca\u2019s recognition follows a string of results that produced the highest points total in the division for the month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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