{"id":2812,"date":"2026-05-01T14:11:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T14:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=2812"},"modified":"2026-05-01T14:11:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T14:11:01","slug":"vote-for-your-mens-player-of-the-month-for-april-player-of-the-month-news-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=2812","title":{"rendered":"Vote for your men&#8217;s Player of the Month for April | Player of the month | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Voting is now open for our Player of the Month for April &#8211; but which of the four contenders will you opt for?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">During April, we reached the UEFA Champions League for a second season running for the first time in history, as well as remaining at the top of the Premier League table, three points clear of Manchester City.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">We&#8217;ve picked out four stand out stars from the month for you to choose from &#8211; here are your contenders!<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">THE KING&#8217;S MERCY<\/h3>\n<article data-entity-type=\"media\" data-entity-uuid=\"4f5adb17-66e6-423d-a4ed-045d3c89a59c\" data-embed-button=\"image_embed\" data-entity-embed-display=\"view_mode:media.card\" data-entity-embed-display-settings=\"()\" data-langcode=\"en\" class=\"embedded-entity u-spacing-down--xxl\">\n<article>\n<\/article>\n<\/article>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">After suffering an injury in March against Bayer Leverkusen, Ebere Eze returned to the team in April and made a huge impact.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Our number 10 scored a wonder goal to help us claim all three points against Newcastle United. A strike which has seen him nominated for the Premier League&#8217;s Goal of the Month prize! <\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Ebs was our Player of the Month for March, winning 37% of the vote. Can he do it again in April?<\/p>\n<article data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"393c0e61-a251-46c8-9d5c-c4af389abddc\" data-embed-button=\"article_embed\" data-entity-embed-display=\"view_mode:node.tiny\" data-langcode=\"en\" data-entity-embed-display-settings=\"()\" class=\"embedded-entity u-spacing-down--xxl\">\n<article data-article-id=\"127274\" about=\"\/news\/help-eze-win-premier-league-goal-month\">\n<div class=\"article-card article-card--tiny card\" data-eq-pts=\"xsmall: 200, small: 550, medium: 640, large: 768\">\n<div class=\"card__content\">\n<p>\n         <span class=\"h6 article-card__subhead\">Read more<\/span>                             <\/p>\n<h3 class=\"article-card__title has-icon\" title=\"Help Eze win Premier League Goal of the Month!\"> <i class=\"icon icon--play\"\/> <span class=\"article-card__title-words\">  Help Eze win Premier League Goal of the Month! <\/span><br \/>\n          <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">PIERO HINCAPIE<\/h3>\n<article data-entity-type=\"media\" data-entity-uuid=\"91b38b57-0727-47a1-a649-568d177045c8\" data-embed-button=\"image_embed\" data-entity-embed-display=\"view_mode:media.card\" data-entity-embed-display-settings=\"()\" data-langcode=\"en\" class=\"embedded-entity u-spacing-down--xxl\">\n<article>\n<\/article>\n<\/article>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Ecuadorian has come into his own in recent months and produced some fine defensive displays during April.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The left-back helped us keep a clean sheet against Sporting CP in the Champions League second leg, as well as a priceless shutout in the 1-0 win over Newcastle, during which he won nine duels and made four interceptions.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">KAI HAVERTZ<\/h3>\n<article data-entity-type=\"media\" data-entity-uuid=\"42c09643-a541-4ebb-8d35-ab5cfb6ed2fb\" data-embed-button=\"image_embed\" data-entity-embed-display=\"view_mode:media.card\" data-entity-embed-display-settings=\"()\" data-langcode=\"en\" class=\"embedded-entity u-spacing-down--xxl\">\n<article>\n<\/article>\n<\/article>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Kai Havertz&#8217;s biggest contribution in April came in Lisbon in the Champions League quarter-final first leg. Coming on as a substitute, the German was expertly found in stoppage by Gabriel Martinelli before slotting home the winner. <\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The goal proved to be the only one in the two-legged tie as we qualified for the final four. On top of that, Kai found the net against Manchester City, as well as creating two goals, setting up Viktor Gyokeres against Southampton and Ebere Eze&#8217;s strike against Newcastle.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">VIKTOR GYOKERES<\/h3>\n<article data-entity-type=\"media\" data-entity-uuid=\"3292a296-88fb-43ba-8c60-0d465044f8f0\" data-embed-button=\"image_embed\" data-entity-embed-display=\"view_mode:media.card\" data-entity-embed-display-settings=\"()\" data-langcode=\"en\" class=\"embedded-entity u-spacing-down--xxl\">\n<article>\n<\/article>\n<\/article>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Viktor found the net three times in April, taking his tally for his debut season to 19. <\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Swede equalised against both Southampton and Bournemouth. The striker then showed his composure from the spot in the Champions League semi-final first leg, converting the penalty he won against Atletico Madrid in our eventual 1-1 draw in the Spanish capital<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em><strong>Which player gets your vote? Vote now!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<article data-entity-type=\"block_content\" data-entity-uuid=\"08c2cdac-cea9-4968-8cd1-c602edc8ce4e\" data-embed-button=\"javascript_embed\" data-entity-embed-display=\"view_mode:block_content.full\" data-langcode=\"en\" data-entity-embed-display-settings=\"()\" class=\"embedded-entity u-spacing-down--xxl\">\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2026 The Arsenal Football Club Limited. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voting is now open for our Player of the Month for April &#8211; but which&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2776,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}