(Nominations each week include Premier League, EFL Championship, EFL League One, EFL League Two fixtures)
The League Managers Association’s panel, comprising of LMA Chairman Martin O’Neill OBE, Jess Creighton, Les Ferdinand MBE, Sir Alex Ferguson CBE, Barry Fry, Chris Hughton, Mick McCarthy, Stuart Pearce MBE, Clare Tomlinson, Carla Ward, and Rachel Yankey OBE has determined that the Everest Men’s Performance of the Week Award should go to Plymouth Argyle for their performance against Cardiff City on Saturday 21st February.
Tom Cleverley will receive the Everest Men’s Performance of the Week trophy.
Match Report
It was a day where some high-flying Bluebirds had their wings clipped by a Green machine.
Cardiff City, deserved leaders of Sky Bet League One, the best team in the English third tier, played their part in a tremendously entertaining game of football that would easily have graced a higher division. However, they were supporting artists to a brilliant Argyle ensemble cast.
Star billing goes to the leading men leading the line; Lorent Tolaj and Bim scored two apiece, with Mathias Ross grabbing a fifth to round things off.
The game had been 3-2 at half-time, with four goals coming in just over six minutes at one stage. Tolaj and Pepple put Argyle two up, Omari Kellyman got one back, and Pepple scored again.
Kellyman’s second had the game poised at the break, but Tolaj’s penalty and Ross’s header put the game out of Cardiff’s reach.
After coming on as a substitute at Leyton Orient in midweek, Tolaj was put in front the start against the Bluebirds, playing alongside in-form Bim Pepple up front. The midfield four consisted of Caleb Watts playing from the left, Ronan Curtis on the right, and Malachi Boateng joined by Brendan Wiredu in midfield, the latter coming in for the injured Herbie Kane.
Read more here: https://www.pafc.co.uk/news/report-argyle-5-2-cardiff-city
