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Craig Shakespeare, Jurgen Klopp among manager of the month nominations

Craig Shakespeare during training prior to Leicester City's  Champions League Round of 16 match against Sevilla
Image: Craig Shakespeare took over from Claudio Ranieri at Leicester in February

Leicester manager Craig Shakespeare is among the nominations for the Premier League Manager of the Month award for March.

Shakespeare took charge of the Premier League champions following the decision to fire title-winning manager Claudio Ranieri and has enjoyed a strong start.

Having won his first match at the helm against Liverpool at the end of last month, Shakespeare has added two wins from two Premier League games in March - and has also guided the Foxes into the Champions League quarter-final.

Jurgen Klopp is also nominated, Liverpool having bounced back from a poor spell to secure March home wins over Arsenal and Burnley, plus a good point at Manchester City last weekend, and they are now fourth in the Premier League table.

Jurgen Klopp during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium
Image: Liverpool have got back on track under Jurgen Klopp

Bournemouth also managed two wins and a draw in March, pulling nine points clear of the drop, and manager Eddie Howe is also among the nominations.

The other nominees are Sam Allardyce (Crystal Palace), Antonio Conte (Chelsea) and Mauricio Pochettino (Tottenham), who all led their clubs to two wins from two Premier League games in March

The winner will be announced at 11am next Friday.

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The Player of the Month nominations are Bournemouth duo Artur Boruc and Josh King, in-form Everton forward Romelu Lukaku, Southampton's Nathan Redmond, Crystal Palace defender Mamadou Sakho and Liverpool man Georginio Wijnaldum.

Everton's Romelu Lukaku celebrates scoring his side's third goal of the game during the Premier League match at Goodison Park, Liverpool.
Image: Romelu Lukaku is among the Player of the Month contenders

King and Lukaku both banged in four March goals each, while winger Redmond and midfielder Wijnaldum bagged two apiece.

Boruc made 12 saves and kept a clean sheet during Bournemouth's unbeaten month while Sakho and the Palace defence combined to shut out West Brom and Watford, as the Eagles secured a pair of crucial wins.

The Goal of the Month nominees are Fernando Llorente (Swansea v Burnley), Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace v West Brom), Oumar Niasse (Hull v Swansea - first goal), Harry Kane (Tottenham v Everton), Eden Hazard (Chelsea v West Ham), Robert Huth (Leicester v West Ham) and Jesse Lingard (Manchester United v Middlesbrough).

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