Haaland, Arterta Bags Player And Coach Of The Month For August

The Premier League (PL) on Friday revealed the winners of the monthly awards as Erling Haaland won the ‘Player of the Month’ for August.

The Manchester City striker has been in lightening form and has already reached double figures including a hat-trick.

Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta has been named as the ‘Manager of the Month’ in August after helping the Gunners to the best possible start. They have so far picked up 15 points in six matches.

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Arteta saw off competition from Tottenham’s Antonio Conte; Pep Guardiola of Manchester City, Everton’s Marco Silva, and new Chelsea boss Graham Potter who was formerly of Brighton and Hove Albion.

“We won all five of our August fixtures, scoring 13 goals and conceding only four in the process. Our manager led us to victory against Crystal Palace, Leicester City, Bournemouth, Fulham, and Aston Villa, finishing the month top of the table,” Arsenal FC wrote after the Spaniard scooped the prize.

Meanwhile, Haaland, who joined City from Borussia Dortmund, beat competition from Arsenal duo Gabriel Jesus and Martin Odegaard as well as Fulham striker Aleksandar Mitrovic among others to win the award.

According to Opta, only former Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has scored more goals in a single month in the Premier League, with 10 goals in Dec. 2013.

“I am delighted to win this award for the first time – it was an incredible start of the season for the team and I am grateful to everyone who voted,” Haaland said in a statement.

“We all wanted to hit the ground running this season, so winning four games out of five was a great start for us in what is the most challenging competition in the world. I am happy to have played my part by scoring goals.

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