December’s award will be contested between Jess Park, Fridolina Rolfo and Anna Sandberg, who all impressed in a busy last month of the year for Marc Skinner’s side.
The Reds played five games across three competitions, accumulating four points from two Barclays Women’s Super League outings, after coming from behind to beat West Ham and draw with Spurs, the latter a thrilling 3-3 draw that we trailed 3-0 with just over 15 minutes to play.
In the UEFA Champions League, United were defeated by eight-time winners OL Lyonnes but finished the league phase in sixth position after securing victory away to Italian champions Juventus on the final matchday, a result which has set up a knockout play-off tie against Atletico Madrid after the ongoing winter break.
Before the mid-season hiatus kicked in, there was time to get our Subway Women’s League Cup campaign started too, with the Reds again showing resilience to recover from a losing position, this time to beat Spurs 2-1 at the quarter-final stage.
After all that action, there’s a reminder below of our nominees’ key contributions in the month, along with the poll you need to cast your vote…
