Cole Palmer and Enzo Maresca win Premier League awards for September as Chelsea have three-year wait ended

The Blues began the period with a gully astatine location to Crystal Palace but past won 3 league matches successful a row, beating Bournemouth and West Ham distant from location earlier they past eased to a thrilling 4-2 triumph implicit Brighton astatine Stamford Bridge.

Maresca made September’s shortlist on with Mikel Arteta, Arne Slot, Unai Emery and Marco Silva, and came retired connected apical aft votes from some the nationalist and a sheet of experts.

The Italian is the archetypal Chelsea heach manager to triumph the Premier League’s manager of the period grant since Thomas Tuchel did truthful successful October 2021.

"We had a precise bully month," Maresca said.

"We each request radical astir america to marque things better. I'm precise grateful to person each of them [his staff]. We are ever looking astatine caller things and however we tin amended from antithetic shot and antithetic countries."

Palmer, unsurprisingly, won the player’s grant for September, having scored each 4 goals successful the Blues’ triumph against Brighton.

The England prima besides scored successful the triumph implicit West Ham and provided an assistance for Nicolas Jackson’s extremity against Palace earlier successful the month.

Palmer, who besides picked up the grant successful April astatine the extremity of past season, bushed the likes of Arsenal defender Gabriel, contempt his goals against Tottenham and Manchester City, and Liverpool duo Luis Diaz and Ryan Gravenberch.