Ronaldo won the first goal of the month award

12 minutes of the match at Old Trafford on March 12, Ronaldo received the ball in the middle after a heel strike from Fred. Taking two more touches to align, the Man Utd striker No. 7 fired a cannon from about 25 meters, sending the ball into a high corner beyond the range of goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.

This goal helped Ronaldo overcome seven other nominations to be honored by the Premier League in March. The 37-year-old striker received the first prize of the best goal of the month in the Premier League for the first time.

Before that, Ronaldo had been honored five times in the monthly award for the best player category, with four times in the early stages of the shirt. Man Utd (2003-2009) and the last time in September 2021. He also received the Player of the Season award twice and the Premier League Top Scorer award in the period 2003-2009.

In the section The best coach of the month, Mikel Arteta Second time being honored by the Premier League this season, after the first time in September 2021. March, Arsenal His team won three of his four Premier League matches, scoring six goals and conceding four. They started with a 3-2 win at Watford to climb to fourth and then beat Leicester 2-0 to extend their winning streak in the Premier League to five matches.

After losing Liverpool 0-2 At home in the round 27 match, Arsenal reacted positively. Surname beat the host Aston Villa 1-0 within 30 days of March 19 to consolidate fourth place. Arteta’s teachers and students are playing one game less, but three and four points more, respectively, than the next two opponents, Tottenham and Man Utd.

The wins against Watford and Aston Villa also helped Arsenal for the first time in seven years to win five away matches in the Premier League. Arteta and his students had the opportunity to extend that circuit when playing the London derby at Crystal Palace in the latest round of 31 on April 4.

Nominees for the best coach in March also include Antonio Conte (Tottenham), Jurgen Klopp (Liverpool), Brendan Rodgers (Leicester City) and Thomas Tuchel (Chelsea). In particular, Klopp and Tuchel both won with Liverpool and Chelsea but both lost to Arteta in terms of votes.

In the section Player of the month, Kane catching up with the record of seven awards that once belonged to Sergio Aguero – former Man City star.

In the past month, Kane has scored twice in Tottenham’s 5-0 thrashing of Everton. The England international striker then scored one goal per game respectively in the 2-3 defeats to Man Utd, 2-0 victory over Brighton. In the last match, Kane was dead, but contributed two assists for teammate Son Heung-min to score Tottenham’s 3-1 win over West Ham.

Kane’s form is a hope for Tottenham to compete with Arteta’s Arsenal for a place in the top 4 at the end of the season. The two teams will have one more direct encounter in the make-up match instead of the one postponed in January, due to the Covid-19 outbreak in the Arsenal team.

Nhat Tao