Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford has been named the Premier League’s Player of the Month, while Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta crowned Manager of the Month both for January 2023.
Rashford, who also picked up the accolade in September and has remained a crucial player for United ever since, racking up 18 goals and eight assists in 31 games across all competitions this season.
In January, Rashford netted three goals across four Premier League outings, earning himself the Player of the Month prize for the second time this season and the third time across his career.
He opened the month by netting in a 3-0 victory over AFC Bournemouth, before he famously completed a United comeback in the Manchester derby against Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City with an 82nd-minute winner to seal all three points.
After drawing a blank against Crystal Palace, Rashford rounded out January with a screamer of a strike in a 3-2 defeat to Arsenal which was also nominated for the month’s Best Goal award.
Rashford came out on top of a seven-man shortlist that also included Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka Newcastle’s Dan Burn, Nottingham Forest’s Brennan Johnson, Brentford’s David Raya, Manchester City’s Riyad Mahrez, Brighton’s Solly March.
Meanwhile, Mikel Arteta won the Premier League’s Manager of the Month award for January, making it back-to-back prizes for the Arsenal boss.
Arteta was named the best manager for the combined November/December award and has scooped the gong again in recognition of another brilliant Gunners month, seeing off fellow nominees Brighton’s Roberto De Zerbi, Aston Villa’s Unai Emery, Brentford’s Thomas Frank, and Nottingham Forest’s Steve Cooper.
The north London side picked up seven points from three matches as they continue to eye up a first league title since 2003/04. After a goalless home draw with Champions League hopefuls Newcastle United, Arsenal won at Tottenham Hotspur in the league for the first time since 2014 before coming from behind to beat Manchester United 3-2 at the Emirates.
It’s Arteta’s third Manager of the Month award since the start of the 2022/23 season, having also won it for August.
