The all-action midfielder netted five league goals on the way to securing January’s prestigious divisional prize, all of which have proven crucial to our latest unbeaten streak.
He started off with a brace in our 4-1 win at Watford on New Year’s Day and repeated the trick 72 hours later to hand us an excellent 2-0 triumph over league leaders Chelsea.
Subsequently kick-starting our comeback at Manchester City on January 21, when we hauled ourselves back from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 at the Etihad, in addition to grabbing a goal off the bench in the dramatic 4-3 FA Cup fourth round win at home to Wycombe Wanderers the following week, Dele has certainly made an impact.