The Premier League has published the nominees for February’s player and manager of the month awards, a list that reflects a busy and decisive four weeks.<\/p>\n
Brentford will be represented by Dango Ouattara, who contributed two goals and two assists, including match-winners against Aston Villa and Newcastle United. Ouattara was also instrumental in Brentford\u2019s 1\u20131 draw with Arsenal. Igor Thiago will not be defending his January player prize amid his club\u2019s collective dip in form.<\/p>\n
Viktor Gy\u00f6keres produced mixed returns. He failed to register a single shot at the Gtech Community Stadium on a sodden night but had been on target five days earlier with a second-half brace against Sunderland. He then added two more goals in the north London derby. Mikel Arteta dismissed the idea that Gy\u00f6keres had undergone any drastic changes, instead putting that double down to the particular game state, and accepted it was the best display of a debut campaign that has had its ups and downs.<\/p>\n
Manchester City\u2019s push has been aided by Antoine Semenyo and Nico O\u2019Reilly. Both players out-scored Erling Haaland in February and exemplified a tactical tweak from Pep Guardiola. O\u2019Reilly\u2019s return to midfield supplied the physical, dynamic profile to allow a diamond between a front two that has often included Semenyo and Haaland.<\/p>\n
Benjamin \u0160e\u0161ko scored three goals, each directly earning Manchester United a positive result. Without those contributions United would be five points worse off, dropping from third in the table to sixth. Virgil van Dijk returned to something approaching his best form during February, though he produced a desperately unconvincing display to begin March.<\/p>\n
Michael Carrick is once again among the managerial nominees. United collected 10 points from a possible 12 even if some of the performances were, to borrow Carrick\u2019s own word, “stodgy.” Were the interim hire to claim February\u2019s gong, he would become the first manager since Ange Postecoglou in September and October 2023 to win the award in back-to-back months.<\/p>\n
Keith Andrews has yet to win a monthly prize this season despite steering Brentford into a fight for European qualification after a disruptive summer. February was patchy for the Bees, with questionable VAR decisions helping them scrape four points against Burnley and Bournemouth. Arne Slot\u2019s nomination arrives after Liverpool began the month with a loss to Manchester City, navigated scratchy 1\u20130 wins over Sunderland and Nottingham Forest, and closed with a 5\u20132 victory described in the draft as perhaps the least convincing of its kind. Nottingham Forest were the only team to collect four wins in February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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