Fabregas is the Arsenal.com Player of the Month
Cesc Fabregas has been named as Player of the Month for August after the closest poll in Arsenal.com history.
The Spain midfielder edged out fellow teenager Theo Walcott by just two votes. The latter attracted plenty of support after a handful of exciting substitute performances, but Fabregas pipped Walcott thanks largely to his match-winning performance against Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League
Fabregas scored twice in Croatia as Arsenal earned a 3-0 first-leg advantage. Walcott came off the bench in the second leg to set up the winner for Mathieu Flamini just days before creating Gilberto's equalising goal against Aston Villa in the Premiership opener at Emirates Stadium.
Robin van Persie completes our top three for August. The Dutch forward scored in Croatia and was unfortunate not to add to his tally with a host of chances in the 1-0 defeat at Manchester City.
August Player of the Month Results Player %
Cesc Fabregas 33.39%
Theo Walcott 33.22%
Robin van Persie 10.76%
Others 22.63%
Arsenal supporter Matthew Bouloux from Stoke Newington will present Cesc with his award before the game against Middlesbrough on Saturday.
"After coming back from the World Cup, Cesc maintained a high standard of play in the first two Premiership games despite the team underperforming by its usual excellent standards," said Matthew.
"Add to this Cesc's match-winning performance against Dinamo Zagreb, away in a hostile environment, and it's not hard to see why I have picked him as my Arsenal.com Player of the Month."
