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Arsenal acquires Premier League awards in March

Published:2023-04-01 By Hồng Duy (MetaSports) Comments
Coach Mikel Arteta, midfielder Bukayo Saka and goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale respectively received the best individual award in the Premier League in March 2023.

Last month, Arsenal won all of them when they beat Everton 4-0, Bournemouth 3-2, Fulham 3-0 and Crystal Palace 4-1 respectively. This result circuit helps the "Gunners" stay at the top with 69 points, eight points more than Man City but kick more than one game.

Thanks to that, Arteta surpassed his colleagues Pep Guardiola, Unai Emery and Roberto De Zerbi to become the best manager of the Premier League in March. The fourth time the Spanish coach was honored this season, after August, 11/12. and January 2023.

Arteta's achievement is only less than Jurgen Klopp's record of five times receiving the best coach award of the month set during the season Liverpool won the Premier League 2019-2020. Arteta can break this record because the Premier League still has two months left.

Meanwhile, Saka beat teammate Leandro Trossard along with Newcastle's Alexander Isak, Liverpool's Mohamed Salah, Brighton's Alexis Mac Allister and Aston Villa's Tyrone Mings to win the Player of the Month award.

The England winger started the month with a goal and an assist in a 4-0 win over Everton at the Emirates, then closed with two goals and an assist in a 4-1 win over Crystal Palace. Thanks to that, Saka became the first player to reach 10 goals and 10 assists in the Premier League this season, with 12 goals and 10 assists.

Saka was honored for the first time, making him the 22nd Arsenal player to receive the Player of the Month award - more than any other club in Premier League history. Saka is also the second Arsenal player to receive this honor since the beginning of the season, after captain Martin Odegaard in November and December.

Arsenal completed their individual trophy hat-trick as Ramsdale was named the best save of the month. The English goalkeeper received the award for his flight to block Dango Ouattara's close-range cushion in the 21st minute of the match against Bournemouth, when Arsenal were leading 0-1. This match, Arsenal won 3-2 backwards thanks to Reiss Nelson's cross-angle shot in the seventh minute of injury.

Ramsdale surpassed Leeds' Ilian Meslier, Wolves' Jose Sa, West Ham's Alphonse Areola, Tottenham's Fraser Forster and Brentford's David Raya to become the first Arsenal goalkeeper to be honored with Save of the Month award - the honor Personal branding added from this season.

"We used to practice blocking the ball and one-on-one with the goalkeeping coaches. In that situation, the ball went into the box and Dom Solanke didn't have a chance to finish. The winger shot a touch in the back and I knew it. What should I do. Thanks to that, the ball touched my hand to make a great save," Ramsdale said of the save.

The remaining individual title of March in the Premier League belongs to Wolves, when Jonny was honored in the best goal category. The Wolves defender had a one-touch finish from 41 yards into the net, as Leeds goalkeeper Illan Meslier dashed out of the box. This is the farthest distance a goal has been scored in the Premier League since Wayne Rooney scored from 58m in Everton's game against West Ham in 2017.

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