It's been a good month for...
Brighton
The Seagulls picked up seven points from a possible nine in February, scoring eight goals in the process. They started the month with a 3-1 win over West Ham at the Amex Stadium and ended it by beating Swansea 4-1 at home, with a 1-1 draw at Stoke sandwiched in between. Jose Izquierdo and Glenn Murray were both in fine goal scoring form and by ending the month unbeaten Chris Hughton picked up a well deserved Manager of the Month award. If they can keep beating the teams around them they are almost guaranteed to be playing top flight football again next season.
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Roberto Firmino
In my opinion Firmino is one of the most underrated players in the Premier League. He is crucial to Liverpool's pressing style and is almost certainly the first name on Jurgen Klopp's team sheet despite the incredible form of Mohamed Salah. The Brazilian had another great month in the league, scoring one and assisting the other in a 2-0 win at Southampton and also scoring in a 4-1 home victory over West Ham. His goal against the Hammers was his 13th in the Premier League this season, already bettering last season's total tally of 11. His manager will hope that he can continue to link up with both Salah and Sadio Mane to ensure another top four finish for the Reds.
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Huddersfield
The Terriers picked up six important points over February as their battle for survival continues. The month started with an unsurprising 2-0 defeat at Manchester United, but David Wagner's side bounced back with a 4-1 home victory over Bournemouth and a 2-1 win at lowly West Brom. Steve Mounie's return to fitness has been a blessing for Wagner; the Beninese striker scored once and assisted twice against Bournemouth and also bagged at the Hawthorns. He will be vital for Huddersfield during the last few months of the campaign.
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But a bad one for...
Arsene Wenger
The pressure on Arsene Wenger seems to be mounting every single day. They began the month with a comfortable home victory over out-of-sorts Everton but then lost the North London Derby at Wembley and rolled over for Manchester City in a 3-0 home defeat at the Emirates. Many think Wenger has come to the end at Arsenal and the performances just haven't been good enough. The defeat at home to City came days after the Carabao Cup final, which they lost by the same scoreline to the same opponents. With the criticism the Frenchman is receiving on a daily basis I would be surprised to see him in charge of the Gunners at the start of the 2018/19 season.
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West Brom
The Baggies lost all three Premier League games in February and were also in the news for the wrong reasons as four senior players were alleged to have stolen a taxi in Barcelona. Alan Pardew will be feeling very let down by experienced professionals Jonny Evans, Gareth Barry, Jake Livermore and Boaz Myhill and they haven't been able to make up for it on the pitch. Pardew's men lost 3-2 at home to Southampton, 3-0 at Chelsea and 2-1 at home to Huddersfield in February and look destined to finish rock bottom this season.
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Everton
Everton are in no danger of going down this season and it's for that reason that I've been so disappointed in them under Sam Allardyce. The ex-England boss certainly steadied the ship upon his arrival but the football has been of a surprisingly low standard and their away form has been awful. The Toffees lost 5-1 at Arsenal at the start of February and lost 1-0 at Watford at the end of the month. That defeat at Vicarage Road was Everton's fourth straight away defeat in the league and meant that they had won just one of their last 22 away games. Everton are a lot better than that and in my honest opinion I think that they should be looking to bring in a manager with a more positive style of play in the summer.
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