The winners of January 2024's EA SPORTS Player, Barclays Manager, Budweiser Goal and Castrol Save of the Month awards have been revealed.
EA SPORTS Player of the Month
Diogo Jota has won January 2024's EA SPORTS Player of the Month award, earning the prize for the first time in his career.
Jota claims the accolade after three goals and two assists in only three appearances, inspiring Liverpool to a perfect three wins from as many matches.
3 goals and 2 assists last month.
— EA SPORTS FC (@EASPORTSFC) February 16, 2024
Congratulation to January's @premierleague Player of the Month, @DiogoJota18.#FC24 pic.twitter.com/WFmFNOwvBL
After recovering from injury at the end of December, the Portuguese came off the bench to provide an assist in a 4-2 win over Newcastle United on New Year's Day, before scoring a brace and setting up another goal as the Reds emphatically beat Bournemouth 4-0.
He then scored in a 4-1 victory against Chelsea for his fifth goal involvement of the month, the most of any Premier League player, helping Liverpool remain at the top of the table ahead of Manchester City and Arsenal.
Jota topped a six-man shortlist that also included Elijah Adebayo, Kevin De Bruyne, Gabriel Magalhaes, Richarlison and team-mate Conor Bradley.
He is the second Liverpool player to win the award this season, following on from Mohamed Salah's success in October.
Jota won after the public's votes on the EA SPORTS website were combined with those of a panel of football experts.
2023/24 Player award winners
August: James Maddison (Spurs)
September: Son Heung-min (Spurs)
October: Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
November: Harry Maguire (Man Utd)
December: Dominic Solanke (Bournemouth)
Barclays Manager of the Month
Jurgen Klopp has won the Barclays Manager of the Month award for January 2024.
The Liverpool boss claims the accolade for a 10th time in his career, and first since May 2021.
It means only three managers in Premier League history have won the award more times than Klopp, who moves level with West Ham United manager David Moyes.
Most Barclays Manager awards
| Manager | Times won |
| Sir Alex Ferguson | 27 |
|---|---|
| Arsene Wenger | 15 |
| Pep Guardiola | 11 |
| David Moyes | 10 |
| Jurgen Klopp | 10 |
| Martin O'Neill | 8 |
| Harry Redknapp | 8 |
| Rafa Benitez | 7 |
Klopp's Liverpool were the only Premier League team to play three matches and win all three in January, a month in which he announced he will be leaving the club at the end of the season.
His side beat Newcastle United, AFC Bournemouth and Chelsea, scoring four goals in each victory and ending the month top of the Premier League table.
The win against Chelsea was extra significant as it made Klopp only the seventh manager in Premier League history to reach 200 victories, doing so in the second-fewest matches.
Klopp topped a four-man shortlist that included Arsenal's Mikel Arteta, Luton Town's Rob Edwards and Manchester City's Pep Guardiola.
He wins January's award after votes from the public were combined with those of a panel of experts.
2023/24 Barclays Manager winners
August: Ange Postecoglou (Spurs)
September: Ange Postecoglou (Spurs)
October: Ange Postecoglou (Spurs)
November: Erik ten Hag (Man Utd)
December: Unai Emery (Aston Villa)
Budweiser Goal of the Month
Oscar Bobb has won January 2024's Budweiser Goal of the Month award for his brilliant match-winning strike in Manchester City's 3-2 comeback victory at Newcastle United.
After coming off the bench on 82 minutes with the match tied 1-1, Bobb won the game in the first minute of stoppage time with an exquisite piece of skill.
The 20-year-old Norwegian superbly controlled fellow substitute Kevin De Bruyne's cross and showed incredible feet to knock the ball past goalkeeper Martin Dubravka and score his first Premier League goal.
𝙊𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙧 award 🎬@ManCity starlet Oscar Bobb is your @premierleague Budweiser GOTM winner for January! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/iJt7Bvp7fq
— Budweiser Football (@budfootball) February 16, 2024
Man City manager Pep Guardiola praised the finish by Bobb, who was keen to pass on credit for the goal to De Bruyne.
"Oscar's was a fantastic goal for the control," Guardiola said. "When Kevin has the ball and we have runners, Kevin is unique in the world but the finish by Oscar, I am so, so happy for him."
Bobb added: “I said thank you to him [De Bruyne] after. He’s the only one in the world who can do that [make that cross]."
It is the first time a Man City player has won the award since Rodri claimed it with a thunderous effort against Everton in November 2021.
Bobb's goal topped a shortlist of eight of the best in January after votes from the public were combined with those of a panel of experts.
2023/24 Budweiser Goal winners
August: Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton)
September: Bruno Fernandes (Man Utd)
October: Saman Ghoddos (Brentford)
November: Alejandro Garnacho (Man Utd)
December: Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool)
Castrol Save of the Month
Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford's sensational stop to deny Tosin Adarabioyo has won January 2024's Castrol Save of the Month award.
Pickford showed superb reflexes to tip the Fulham defender's powerful header over the crossbar in the 76th minute to help Everton keep a clean sheet in a 0-0 draw.
Pickford, who won the 2021/22 Castrol Save of the Season award, claims the monthly accolade for the second time, having first done so in September 2022.
The 29-year-old, who had two saves up for contention, topped a shortlist featuring six stunning stops by goalkeepers across the month.
Pickford wins the award after votes from the public were combined with those of a panel of experts.
2023/24 Castrol Save winners
August: Alisson (Liverpool)
September: Robert Sanchez (Chelsea)
October: Alphonse Areola (West Ham)
November: Thomas Kaminski (Luton)
December: Wes Foderingham (Sheff Utd)
