Aguero and Koeman bags player and Manager of the Month

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.