It’s typically stated that it’s Joel Matip‘s world and we’re simply dwelling in it and that was the case within the month of February, with the centre-back profitable a gong to match Virgil van Dijk.
The 30-year-old has been a determine of consistency this season, having amassed 31 appearances in all competitions – greater than the final two campaigns mixed.
His reliability has supplied Klopp the welcome luxurious of readily rotating his centre-backs to the advantage of all, with Matip thriving together with his uncommon sustained time within the aspect.
And in February, he featured in each minute of Liverpool’s Premier League run all through their 4 video games that every resulted in a win and with just one aim conceded.
With an help in opposition to Leicester and a luxurious aim on the run at Leeds that we had all waited for, Matip was nominated for the Premier League‘s Participant of the Month.
1 – Joel Matip is the primary ever Cameroonian to win Premier League participant of the month, whereas he is the primary central defender to win the award since his teammate Virgil van Dijk in December 2018. Indomitable. pic.twitter.com/o5UpCQrjDU
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And on Friday it was confirmed that he was topped the winner, forward of Che Adams, Ryan Fraser, Harry Kane, Ben Mee and Wilfried Zaha.
By doing so, he grew to become solely the second centre-back since Van Dijk in December 2018 to win the award and solely the third since Jan Vertonghen in March 2013.
That’s some effort!
It’s a deserved accolade for Matip and, the truth is, he now makes it in order that three of Liverpool’s common again 4 have picked up the gong with solely Andy Robertson but to take action.
An underrated determine exterior the membership’s 4 partitions, however not inside Liverpool.
