De Zerbi and Nicolas Jackson win Premier League October awards
De Zerbi guided Tottenham to three straight league wins in October; Nicolas Jackson scored four goals in four matches to claim Player of the Month.
Roberto De Zerbi has been named Premier League Manager of the Month for October after guiding Tottenham Hotspur to a run of form that lifted them from the lower reaches of the table into the top half.
Strong October for Spurs and Villa
The Spurs boss won the award for the first time in his spell at the club. In October De Zerbi oversaw three consecutive league victories and a draw with Manchester United, with Tottenham beating Coventry, Chelsea and Crystal Palace during that sequence.
After receiving the accolade he said: “I want to say thanks to my players, to my club.” The club published a full interview with De Zerbi on its official app following the announcement.
On the player side, Nicolas Jackson was chosen as the Premier League Player of the Month for October. Jackson became the first Aston Villa player to win the award since April 2015, having scored four goals across four matches during the month.
Jackson’s October included an equaliser in a 2-2 draw at Brentford and, two weeks later, the decisive goal in a 2-0 victory away at Manchester City — the first side to take points off City this season. He rounded off the month by scoring in a 1-1 draw with Fulham and currently has six goals in nine Premier League appearances, sitting just behind Erling Haaland (Manchester City) and Alexander Isak (Liverpool) in the early scoring charts.
Photo: press material from the event
