Sergio Agüero has been named the Barclays Premier League player of the month for January after scoring five goals and providing an assist for Manchester City, while Southampton’s Ronald Koeman won the manager of the month award for a third time.
Agüero, last season’s top scorer, got the winning goal at Watford and also scored twice in both the 4-0 win over Crystal Palace and the 2-2 draw at West Ham United.
The Sunderland striker Jermain Defoe, Liverpool’s Roberto Firmino, Dele Alli of Tottenham Hotspur, Southampton’s Virgil van Dijk and the Leicester City goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel were all shortlisted for the award.
Koeman, who has seen his Southampton team keep four clean sheets since the return of Fraser Forster in goal, defeated Watford, West Brom and Southampton, having started 2016 with defeat at Norwich City. He is the only Dutchman to have won the award.
Manchester City’s Manuel Pellegrini, West Ham’s Slaven Bilic and Tottenham’s Mauricio Pochettino were all nominated.
