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.
Not exact matches
The Arsenal forward has been one
of our stand - out performers in recent weeks, but would not have been my pick to be Gunners Vitality Player
of the Month, nor did he pick up a single
Man of the
Match award in a league
match during September.
Sanchez scored the opening goal
of the
match before going onto pick up the
Man of the
Match award in the 3 - 0 demolition
of London rivals Chelsea.
He was later named as
man of the
match and
awarded the Bob Mahuta Trophy.
The goal for the 24 - year old now, as well as helping Arsenal to finish this campaign as strongly as possible and secure a place at Europe's top table next time, is to get
match sharp and find some form ahead
of Euro 2016, a tournament that Wilshere played a big part in getting England to, with
Man of the
Match awards in six out
of the seven qualifying games he played.
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.
Points have been earned by scoring goals, winning
man -
of - the -
match awards, keeping clean sheets and / or getting good marks in The Sun's player ratings in Prem, League Cup, FA Cup, Champions League and Europa League
matches.
After his
match winning display against Southampton on Sunday, where most pundits also gave Wellbz their
Man of the
Match award to boot, this does not sound as unlikely as it would have a week or two ago, but is it really realistic?
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.
He impressed in that game, picking up the
man -
of - the -
match award and retained his place in the side for the next four games until sustaining the injury in Turkey which halted his progress.
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.
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....
One reason for the difference with our player
award and the Premier League shortlist could be down to the Champions League
matches not reviewed in their analysis, but at the same time, the Basel
match was full
of missed opportunities for Alexis, while Walcott was the
man to bag both
of the goals in that
match, which should have been more in favour
of the latter.
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.
How many games he has won
man of the
match award?
However, the new Arsenal
man can not be blamed for all that as it was sloppy finishing from the Swiss forwards that meant Albania were still in the game at all and Xhaka himself had a very effective game in the middle, earning himself the Man of the Match award in the Sky Sports report of the mat
man can not be blamed for all that as it was sloppy finishing from the Swiss forwards that meant Albania were still in the game at all and Xhaka himself had a very effective game in the middle, earning himself the
Man of the Match award in the Sky Sports report of the mat
Man of the
Match award in the Sky Sports report
of the
match.
6
man of the
match awards in seven for England?
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
Lets face it when he plays a deep lying role as we saw for england he got consecutive
man of the
match awards.
Whilst not all our successful, some
of really hit the mark during the early stages
of the season, with loan players have won
man -
of - the -
match awards for Stoke City and West Ham United — here are the eight most impressive Premier League loanees so far:
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.
The 19 - year - old was
awarded the
man of the
match award by Sky Sports after the game and they shared a picture confirming that he won the prize on the official club twitter account alongside information about his
match stats.
It feels like I may as well just give Alexis Sanchez the Arsenal
Man of the
Match award for all
of the Arsenal games to come over the rest
of the season, because even when he does not score or produce the
match winning moment, the Chilean striker is almost always the best player on the pitch, as was the case again yesterday against West Brom.
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.
Before his injury he had four consecutive
man of the
match awards for England.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The midfielder rightly won the
man -
of - the -
match award for his efforts, and has given Gareth Southgate a lot to think about when world cup selection comes calling.
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.
Although I am not privy to the Whoscored algorithms I would guess that the factors driving his strong statistical performances (based on displayed data) are the number
of assists (6) and
man -
of - the -
match awards (5).
He deserved the
man of the
match award, in his first league start for the club in almost three and a half years.
Joe Allen picked up his second
man of the
match award of the season in Liverpool's 2 - 0 defeat by Arsenal on Sunday.
While he also secured five
man of the
match awards.
He was joined by Hristo Stoichkov as the only
men to win two
man of the
match awards in that tournament.
Other Gunners stars on show at the Copa America included Colombian shot - stopper David Ospina who was
awarded man of the
match during his countries third place play - off victory.
Mikel narrowly won the FamousCFC.com
man of the
match award for the Crystal Palace game in our Twitter poll.
In his last five
matches, Mauro has scored 5 goals and an assist, receiving 2
Man of the Match
awards in the process.
He is a lot like Scholes in that respect who could still win
man of the
match awards in his mid thirties.
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.
The
man -
of - the -
match award was by no means a certainty in this game, but Boruc was doing all he could to claim that honour and pulled off an incredible point blank save from Lee, who looked to have scored, but found the Poland international in inspired form.
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: