Voting is now open for the men's Player of the Month award for December, and there are four worthy contenders to get their hands on the prize as we ended a hectic month unbeaten in all seven games.
As always, whoever receives the most votes from our supporters will be presented with the award - and there will be a new winner this term with neither Bukayo Saka nor David Raya are in the running.
Here are the four players on this month's shortlist:
Gabriel Jesus
Having begun the month with an assist in the 3-0 win against Monaco, the highlight of Gabby's month was a stunning first hat-trick since moving to north London from Manchester, as he bagged a treble against Crystal Palace in the Carabao Cup. All the goals came in the second half as we turned around a 1-0 deficit to reach the final four of the competition.
Then when faced with the same opponent in the Premier League just three days later, the Brazilian continued his form with a close-range finish followed by a superb curling effort that helped us on our way to a 5-1 win in south London.
Gabriel Martinelli
Our Brazilian forward started four of our five Premier League matches in a busy December schedule, and was influential throughout on both flanks. Gabi was in fine form during our 5-1 victory over Crystal Palace, carving out a cross which found Jesus, whose headed effort hit the post before Kai Havertz blasted home.
The winger then got on the scoresheet himself with an instinctive finish from Declan Rice's low drive in the second half to net his fifth goal of the campaign.
William Saliba
William made telling contributions at both ends of the pitch during our December action. At one end, Wilo was part of the defence that kept clean sheets at home to Monaco, Manchester United, Everton and Ipswich Town, as we registered four successive home league shutouts for the first time since 2021.
At the other, our French defender found the net in two successive matches, doubling our lead against Manchester United before securing a point with a close-range finish against Fulham at Craven Cottage.
Jurrien Timber
Our all-action defender started every Premier League match in December, as well as our Carabao Cup win over Crystal Palace. The Dutchman was superb during the unbeaten month, scoring his first goal for the club in a 2-0 win over Manchester United, flicking home Rice's corner to open the scoring and his account.
Jurrien was also part of a mean defence that kept three more clean sheets in the Premier League, taking our overall tally to seven for the league campaign.
Voting has now closed
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