Bukayo Saka has been voted the Premier League player of the month for March while manager Mikel Arteta has secured his fourth manager of the month award of the season.
Saka scored the opener in Arsenal’s 4-0 win over Everton and later grabbed an assist for Gabriel Martinelli.
He was also instrumental in wins over Bournemouth and Fulham before closing out his domestic responsibilities with a brace and assist against Crystal Palace. It didn’t hurt that he then curled home a beauty for England against Ukraine while on international duty.
The 21-year-old beat off competition for the monthly award, the first of his career, from teammate Leandro Trossard who recorded an impressive five assists. Alexander Isak, Mo Salah, Alexis Mac Allister and Tyrone Mings were also nominated.
Given Arsenal won all four of their league matches in March, Arteta was a shoo-in for the managerial honour. He came out ahead of Pep Guardiola, Unai Emery and Roberto De Zerbi.
Well done to Bukayo, Mikel and the coaching staff.
Always beating off the competition
Great result for both of them, well done, but Mikel in particular. To beat Conte, with all the truth he spoke and his honesty, must have been hard to do…
Not sure you win any prizes for that kind of honesty, unless you consider being sacked a prize.
In this case I suppose maybe it is …
That’s…horny
Chapeau!
The hallmark of success has always been hard work. Keep working hard for a greater price awaits you. CYOG…
That’s 4 for Arteta now. Surely must be some kind of record??
Sadly, he’s only tied with Mourinho for that one (on 4).
Klopp has the record with five in a season.
Actually, only Klopp and Pep have won the gong 4 times in a single season
Klopp has gone a step further though, and is the record holder for wins in a season (5).
Only worry is the curse. We haven’t won any games directly after receiving MOTM award under Mikel.
Time to change that lads
Yea, time to not only change that but gun for the prize again in April. Six wins out of six loading…
This is factually incorrect. This season alone:
Aug 2022 (announced 16th Sept): We beat Brentford 3-0 away
Nov/Dec 2022 (announced 13th Jan): We beat the Spuds away
Yes we lost to Everton after winning the Jan 2023 award (announced 3rd Feb), but that’s once out of three this season. We won the other two.
I am sure the FA will charge us for this too. POTM and MOTM are not allowed to hug eachother under article((-0-goals-2 offside goals Richarlison-fk Rodri-fk-,Fa)).
Rambo won save of the month too.
Not sure Mikel deserved the award over Conte, who hit the ball out of the park 😀
Replace hit/ball/park with threw/toys/pram
😂🤣😂
The Boss and Saka are definitely going places. Wow👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾