Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has been named Premier League Manager of the Month for August following a blistering start to the 2022/23 Premier League season.
The Gunners won their opening 5 matches, dropping points for the first time in the league on Matchday 6 to bitter rivals Manchester United at Old Trafford. Fast forward just a year from their worst start since 1954.
During that run, Arteta oversaw wins against Crystal Palace, Leicester, Bournemouth, Fulham and Aston Villa, making them the only side to finish August with a 100% record still intact. It was only a controversial defeat to Manchester United in early September that ended that run.
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Not only did they win all of their August games, the Gunners were also good in front of goal, finding the net 13 times across the five matches. At the other end, they only conceded four goals and kept two clean sheets.
Arteta beat Pep Guardiola, Antonio Conte, Graham Potter and Marco Silva to the manager of the month prize, which is the third of what is still a fledgling managerial career after previous gongs in September 2021 and March 2022.
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Meanwhile, Manchester City striker Erling Haaland won the Premier League Player of the Month award for the nine goals he scored during August in a rip-roaring start to his time in England.
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Since arriving in England from Borussia Dortmund, Haaland has scored nine goals in five outings during his first month in the Premier League.
That tally is the highest ever managed by a player in their first five appearances in the competition and included back-to-back hat-tricks in City’s high-scoring wins over Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest.
Haaland saw off competition from seven other nominees to win the award, including former City striker Gabriel Jesus, who has impressed at Arsenal, and Fulham’s Aleksandar Mitrovic, whose tally of six Premier League goals this season is second only to Haaland’s 10.