MVP FOR OCTOBER: OLIVIER GIROUD

After the awards given to Pulisic in August and Leão in September, the MVP for October is another forward, this time by the name of Olivier Giroud. And what a month he had. It finished on a high, with a brace of headers in an important draw in a huge game away at Napoli, but also that extraordinary game in Genoa.

It's impossible to forget when, following the red card shown to Maignan and with no subs remaining, Oli donned the gloves and Mike's shirt deep into injury time to defend the 1-0 lead. It was a crazy finish at Marassi and Oli was even forced into a number of saves. Bravery and commitment. His performance at the Ferraris will live long in the memory and is already a small page in our history books, despite him not scoring as he did at the Maradona.

Giroud, in the poll held on our website, finished first ahead of Musah, Pulisic and Tomori. His month of October began with the odd regret. He spurned a golden opportunity against Dortmund in the Champions League, followed by a miraculous stop from Szczęsny to halt him from opening the scoring against Juventus in Serie A. He kept at it in a period prior to Napoli in which he hadn't scored at all since Roma (start of September), and from open play since Bologna on matchday one.

Olivier celebrated at Marassi because AC Milan had momentarily gone top of Serie A ahead of the international break. Last weekend, our 9 didn't hide his disappointment at being pegged back from 2-0, which saw the Rossoneri drop to three points behind the leaders. A different feeling but he is ever the leader, which was clear for all to see last month. Bravo Oli! And now, he's on the hunt for more.

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