Smalling's dominant display in the victory over Spurs earned him the official
man of the match award from BT Sport, despite United fans voting for debutant Matteo Darmian — also excellent on the day — to receive the club's own award.
I have seen so many matches where Ozil was nowhere to be seen throughout the match only to be given
man of the match award just because he gave one assist from corner....
After a couple of shaky games he produced performances of quality game after game running the wings scoring and assisting which won a number
of man of the match awards which took Arsenal to the top of the table by late December into January.
We had our chances to win today's game, and the
likely man of the match award will go to Victor Valdes, although Cech himself played a huge role in today's result, which could easily have gone down as a loss.
In creating the goals that effectively sealed the deal Elneny had probably clinched the
Gunners man of the match award, although he would probably have been out - pointed by Golovin, a class act in midfield for CSKA in both legs.
Willian got the
FamousCFC man of the match award gaining nearly 70 % of the 500 + votes cast, lets hope he can continue that against the team that bought his flight.
The irony of it is that we make fun of his injuries when his sin is always putting in a 100 % commitment in every game he plays, I lost count of how many times he still flicked the ball to a team mate even when he'd been taken to the ground in last night's game, fighting for every inch of grass... six
man of the match awards for England of the seven games he played, that should count for something now, shouldn't it?
Forced by injury to JC to take on captaincy in the varsity match, he led from the front with an outstanding display that challenged Sam Egerton for
the man of the match award.
I would love it if Gabriel scores the winner tonight and gets
the man of the match award and after the game in a tv interview he waffles away in a broken english cockney accent??? just to prove that wenger doesn't know jack?
Nevertheless, there were some top performances across the pitch for the visitors, namely Lingard who received
the man of the match award from BT Sport as he was a constant threat for United with his clever play on the ball and runs off it.
In doing this, Wilshere became the first England player to win
the man of the match award 4 times in a row, as fans and pundits called for Wenger to incorporate Wilshere into the Arsenal team through this deep - lying playmaker role.
In a different scenario, one in which Wilshere was actually fit enough, he would command wages double that amount, when he won
those man of the match awards, I'm pretty sure players who earn double that amount also played in those games, why begrudge him small pay rise of an extra 20k?
He played well but why would he deserve
a man of match award, anyway when england play better teams, i would advice the coach not to use him in that position
Every single player on the pitch for Arsenal put their heart and soul into that performance and it really showed through the difficulty of having to select a single player for
the man of the match award.
This is hard to verify:
man of the match awards are not recorded and archived with the same reverence as scorelines, and tend to be made on the whim of a co-commentator, a public vote, or whoever's still conscious in the corporate boxes.
Against Manchester City, he picked up
the man of the match award and played one of his best games in an Arsenal shirt, questioning whether Ozil will be able to slot straight back into the starting eleven.
The tweet was quickly picked up by football fans from across the world who agreed with the league 2 side's hot - take on
the man of the match award with the tweet being retweeted by over 13,000 users.
The Chilean was awarded
the man of the match award after the game, which prompted a controversial reaction from Yeovil Town's official twitter.
He earned
the man of the match award after a series of stunning saves that pushed Bilbao to victory.
His goals were amazing and many felt he deserved
the man of the match award.
TFC II's
man of the match award was given to midfielder Alan Mariano Mino who had some good runs and a few shots at net.
He's picked up three
man of the match awards and scor...
Germany goalkeeper Andreas Wolff, who was replaced late in the game and left the court with ice on his right foot, won
the man of the match award, making 12 saves from 26 shot attempts.
His total out put was splendid earning
him the man of the match award.
He scored a wonderful opening goal and grabbed
the man of the match award, which is one of the biggest moments of his career to date.
Kalvin Phillips divides opinion right down the middle but the central midfield situation is what it is until May, and it was great to see Vieira back in form and picking up
the man of the match award yesterday.
Post-match, Glenn Murray was presented
the man of the match award from his teammate and captain, Bruno.
While he also secured five
man of the match awards.
He deserved
the man of the match award, in his first league start for the club in almost three and a half years.
He was joined by Hristo Stoichkov as the only men to win two
man of the match awards in that tournament.
The draw with Manchester United, where Courtois picked up
the man of the match award just before conceding a late equaliser, was the Belgian's 10th full game in the Chelsea goal.
It paid off with Ozil getting a goal and a assist as well as
the man of the match award.
Sadio Mane went on to double Liverpool's lead and effectively kill Newcastle off with a little over half an hour still to play on Merseyside, but
the man of the match award was given to England international Oxlade - Chamberlain for his industrious display.
He wasn't at his most fluent best on Sunday, but still scoring and then picking up
the man of the match award shows exactly how strong he was in Southampton's opener despite me personally thinking that I've seen him play much better last season, which only highlights how good he was last campaign and the heights he's set himself for not only Southampton, but for Italy too if he can continue to get picked in their national team with the European Championships coming up at the end of the season.
The 18 - year - old Belgian managed to shine for a Red Devils side which has struggled throughout much of the season, and even earned the club's
man of the match award:
Fellaini has impressed from the substitutes» bench since the start of the season, and he recently bagged
the man of the match award after bagging a goal and assist in the 3 - 1 triumph over Basel.