Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has been voted Premier League Player of the Month for August 2024 after an historic start to the season with Manchester City.
Haaland was announced as the winner in a statement on the Premier League website on Friday.
“Haaland wins the award after scoring seven goals in three appearances, the most a player has ever netted in a team’s first three Premier League fixtures of a campaign,” organisers of the English topflight said.
“The striker’s goals included successive hat-tricks against Ipswich Town and West Ham United, as well as a goal at Chelsea to help Man City start the season with three wins from three matches.
“He became the first player to score a hat-trick in two of a team’s first three league matches in a season since Paul Jewell did so for Bradford City in League Two in 1994/95.
“The 24-year-old Norwegian claims the prize for the third time, having also won it in August 2022 and April 2023.
“Haaland topped an eight-man shortlist after the public’s votes on the were combined with those of a panel of football experts.
“He will look to add to his seven goals for the season when Man City return to Premier League action at home to Brentford on Saturday.”
“I am delighted to have won this award so early in the season. I am also very grateful to my team-mates, the coaches and staff for helping to make it happen,” Haaland told Man City’s official website.
“August was a brilliant month for the team, and I am proud to have played an important part in that. To have scored seven goals last month in three matches is great, but I will continue to work hard and improve my game.”
Meanwhile, Fabian Hurzeler was named the Manager of the Month for August after overseeing Brighton & Hove Albion’s unbeaten start to 2024/25.
Hurzeler, 31, is the youngest permanent head coach in Premier League history and is also the youngest to win a Manager of the Month award.
Also, he is the first manager to win a Manager of the Month award in his first month in the Premier League since Ange Postecoglou achieved the feat with Tottenham Hotspur in August 2023.
Brighton ended August second in the Premier League table after two wins and a draw from their opening three matches. They won 3-0 at Everton, beat Manchester United 2-1, and drew 1-1 at Arsenal.
“It’s always a nice trophy [to win] as it confirms your work. Not only my work but the work from the whole club, my staff members, the players,” Hurzeler said.
“It’s togetherness to win this trophy. Now it’s about winning the next one!”
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