Erling Haaland nets Premier League player of the month award for August, Fabian Hurzeler gets Manager of the Month
Updated 13/09/2024 at 12:18 GMT+1
Erling Haaland has added another trophy to his considerable collection after winning the Premier League's Player of the Month award for August. Given the Norwegian's form - hitting seven goals in the month's three games - it would have been hard to make a case for anyone else to take home the prize. Fabian Hurzeler was awarded Manager of the Month after a fine start with Brighton.
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Erling Haaland has won the Premier League Player of the Month award for August following his electric start to the season for Manchester City, while Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler has snared the Manager of the Month gong.
Haaland, after a summer of rest, roared into life at the outset of the domestic league season, banging in consecutive hat-tricks to sit on seven goals after just three games.
The Norwegian - if he can stay fit - already appears the early favourite to win the Premier League Golden Boot with his nearest current challengers - Mo Salah, Noni Madueke, Bryan Mbeumo and Luis Diaz - already four back, on three goals each.
Haaland - as part of a City team that have made an ominous, 100% start to their 2024/25 Premier League campaign - scored in the opening-day win over Chelsea, before grabbing trebles against first Ipswich, and then West Ham.
While on Norway duty in the recent UEFA Nations League international break, Haaland added another strike to his already bulging season tally against Austria.
The other nominees on the list had been Salah, Mbeumo, Amadou Onana, Cole Palmer, David Raya, Bukayo Saka and Danny Welbeck.
City's next test is a home meeting with Brentford on Saturday, before they host Inter in their opening UEFA Champions League tie of the season, a mouthwatering repeat of the 2023 final, which City memorably won in Istanbul.
The Citizens then play Arsenal at the Etihad on September 22 in a match that could already hold big implications for the title race.
Hurzeler gets manager gong
Hurzeler was appointed Brighton manager in the summer to replace Roberto De Zerbi, and the German has taken to life in the English top flight like a duck to water, with The Seagulls winning two of their first three games, drawing the other to remain unbeaten.
At 31, he is the youngest permanent head coach in English top-flight history, but that has not stopped him from moulding a cohesive Brighton side, as the club continues its ability to unearth some of the brightest managerial minds in the game, following De Zerbi and Graham Potter.
Brighton’s Premier League month saw them begin with a comprehensive away win at Everton, followed by a fine 2-1 home win over Manchester United, and then a 1-1 draw with Arsenal at the Emirates, in a game that saw Declan Rice sent off.
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Next for Hurzeler’s men is a home meeting with Ipswich Town this Saturday.
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