Bryan Mbeumo’s goalscoring exploits in January have earned him a nomination for the Premier League Participant of the Month award.The Brentford man scored 4 targets in 5 matches, taking his tally for the season to 14, netting in Sunday’s victory over Crystal Palace and loss to Arsenal at Gtech Neighborhood Stadium.
The ahead additionally contributed a purpose and an help within the Bees’ 5-0 win over Southampton.
by 12pm on Monday 3 February.
The Bees started the yr with that slim defeat to the Gunners on New 12 months’s Day, by which Mbeumo opened the scoring, driving ahead, reducing inside, and firing a shot low previous David Raya at his close to publish.
The rout at St Mary’s Stadium got here three days later, when a penalty, adopted by a ferocious strike into the roof of Aaron Ramsdale’s web, was added to with an help for team-mate Yoane Wissa.
Valiant performances towards two of the most effective sides within the divison, Manchester Metropolis and Liverpool, got here subsequent on the Gtech, earlier than the away win at Palace, the place Mbeumo scored once more from the spot… however solely after an anxious wait, as VAR dominated he might re-take the trouble he initially missed after encroachment within the penalty space.
After he scored from the spot, which noticed him retain his 100 per cent document within the Premier League, he acknowledged: “We’re actually comfortable; we all know it’s a exhausting place to play. The ambiance was nice till the top and the circumstances weren’t good.
“Everybody fought till the top – typically you win a bit extra ugly. We needed to battle like warriors.”
Mbeumo is up towards Phil Foden (Manchester Metropolis), Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), Dean Huijsen and Justin Kluivert (each Bournemouth), Alexander Isak (Newcastle), and Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace).
by 12pm on Monday 3 Feburary. The winner of the award shall be introduced at 11am on Friday 7 February.