Klopp and Mané Both Nominated for September Awards as Voting Opens

After a strong start to the Premier League, the Reds feature on
both the Manager of the Month shortlist and in the Player of the
Month nominations.

Liverpool have won their opening three matches as the
Reds start the 2020/21 Premier League season at pace. Beyond just
winning, Liverpool have spent an incredibly small amount of time on
the losing end of a scoreline even within their matches: just 147
seconds between when Arsenal’s Alexandre Lacazette scored at Anfield and
Sadio Mané’s equilizer.

In fact, Liverpool have been drawing for just 119 minutes,
spending fewer minutes even with their opposition than they have
spent in the lead, playing on three points for a total of 150
minutes. They have yet to go into halftime behind.

This dominance has been rewarded, as the Premier League that manager Jürgen Klopp has been
nominated for September’s Premier League Manager of the Month, an
award he won five times in 2019/20 (before picking up the Premier
League Manager of the Season award last season) and three
additional times while at Liverpool. He’s up against Carlo
Ancelotti (Everton,
P3W3D0L0), Brendan Rodgers (Leicester, P3W3D0L0), and Dean
Smith (Aston Villa, P2W2D0L0). You can vote for Klopp
here.

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by Sebastian Frej/MB Media/Getty Images

Sadio Mané, too, has had a promising start to the season, and
has been nominated for the EA Sports Premier League Player of the
Month Award after starting all three matches and scoring three
times (twice against Chelsea in the 0-2 win at Stamford Bridge, and once to
start the scoring against Arsenal in the Premier League
meeting).

You can vote for Mane here

Mané is up against a number of players who have started the
season with similar promise: Patrick Bamford (Leeds), who has had a
surprisingly positive start to his season, scoring three and
assisting two as Leeds start the season with two wins and one loss
(to Liverpool); Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton), who has scored one and assisted two in his
side’s perfect start to the campaign; Harry Kane (Tottenham) who has scored one and
assisted five in Tottenham’s high scoring, if not high achieving,
start to the season; Timothy Castagne (Leicester), a new arrival
from Atalanta who has provided two assists and a goal (and a clean
sheet) from Leicester’s defense; James Rodríguez (Everton), another
new arrival who has added impetus to Everton’s midfield, along with
a goal and an assist; Tariq Lamptey (Brighton & Hove Albion) who
has been a pundit’s delight even if his side have perhaps flattered
to deceive; and Jamie Vardy (Leicester) who has started his
campaign to defend the Golden Boot with five goals in his opening
three league matches.

Perhaps surprisingly, Mané is the only Liverpool player
nominated for the award despite the team’s strong start to the
season. Despite this, the field is deep, particularly with Everton
and Leicester’s equally strong start to the 2020/21 campaign.