Roberto De Zerbi has won October’s Barclays Manager of the Month award after leading Tottenham Hotspur to three Premier League wins and a draw.
The Premier League confirmed the award on 13 November. It is De Zerbi’s first win and the first for a Spurs head coach since Ange Postecoglou won three consecutive monthly awards between August and October 2023.
De Zerbi’s unbeaten October
Spurs began the month by recovering from a goal down with ten men to draw 1-1 at Manchester United. Dominic Solanke’s stoppage-time equaliser secured the point before three successive victories followed.
Tottenham beat Coventry City 3-1 at home, then won 2-0 at Chelsea and repeated that score against Crystal Palace. That sequence brought ten points from a possible 12 and, according to the league’s award announcement, took Spurs from the bottom of the table into the top half during October.
Spurs’ nomination round-up credits James Maddison, Omar Marmoush and Ben Davies with the goals against Coventry. A Mike Penders own goal and Mathys Tel’s solo finish secured the Chelsea win, before Archie Gray and Jan Paul van Hecke scored against Palace.
A first monthly award for De Zerbi
De Zerbi finished ahead of Mikel Arteta, Unai Emery, Xabi Alonso, Marco Rose and Fabian Hurzeler. The winner was decided by combining supporters’ votes with those of an expert panel.
The prize recognises October’s league results.
A YouTube video of this award announcement is not available here. The linked Premier League report includes its October highlights feature.
Watch: De Zerbi thanks his players and club
Video: Tottenham Hotspur on X. The full interview is available through the club’s official app.
Which October Spurs result impressed you most?
Archive press-conference image. Photo: Tottenham Hotspur.
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Which October result best showed the progress under De Zerbi?
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