Jose Mourinho and Brendan Rodgers lead the nominations for the Manager of the Month award for February. The Chelsea and Liverpool managers are competing for the accolade against West Hams Sam Allardyce and Hull boss Steve Bruce. Table toppers Chelsea enjoyed a 3-0 win over Newcastle and a solid 1-1 draw in the Champions League away at Galatasary last month. Rodgers is hot on Mourinhos heels with a triumphant 5-1 defeat of Arsenal on 8th February, putting Liverpool in second place with a game in hand over Chelsea, but seven points behind. Allardyce turned a shaky start to 2014 into a month of magic for the Hammers, with four straight wins through February and three clean sheets. Bruce has seen controversy and victory at his club as the victim of the head-butting scandal involving Alan Pardew. They successfully saw off Cardiff in a 4-0 thrashing on Welsh soil, and have made outstanding progress in the FA Cup. Rodgers can also celebrate two of his players being nominees for Player of the Month, as forwards Daniel Sturridge and Raheem Sterling are both up for the award. West Ham skipper Kevin Nolan is also nominated after scoring five goals in four appearances for the club last month, along with Chelseas Eden Hazard. Sturridge and Hazard are high up in the Premier League top goal scorers list, sitting 2nd and 4th respectively. The winners of Manager of the Month and Player of the Month will be announced at 10am on Friday.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 12:07:19 +0000
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