Mathieu Flamini in running for Arsenal Player of the Month despite one appearance in September
Mathieu Flamini has been nominated as Arsenal’s player of the month, despite playing just one game in September.
Admittedly the midfielder’s only appearance was one few fans will forget, as the 31-year-old Frenchman scored twice to secure victory over Tottenham at White Hart Lane. It was the first time the combative Flamini has ever netted two goals in a single game.
With strikers Theo Walcott and Olivier Giroud the other names on the three-man shortlist Flamini would be entitled to feel confident about his chances of winning the award, which is voted for by fans.
Though Giroud scored against Stoke in the Gunners’ first game of the month, that was the lone highlight in a disappointing month for the striker. He was sent off in Zagreb before struggling to make an impact in the Capital One Cup against Spurs.
September was rather more satisfying for Walcott, but despite good performances against Chelsea and Dinamo Zagreb he ended the month with as many goals in four appearances as Flamini got in 90 minutes at White Hart Lane.
The midfielder delighted in the impact he made in his first appearance of the season, telling reporters after the game: “Today I proved everyone wrong.
“I hadn’t played for a while,” Flamini added. “But you could see here I’m working hard. And today it was my game. But my team-mates did a great job.”
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