7 Bizarre MOTM Awards After Haaland’s Giant Cheque in Japan
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Erling Haaland returned to action for Manchester City after an extended break following a treble-winning debut season, where he won the league golden boot and was named the best player.
He came off the bench to score twice to help the Citizens to a 5-3 victory over Yokohama F.Marinos and was named man of the match and was awarded a giant cheque of ¥1,000,000 which equates to £5,505, a small fraction of his £375,000 per week at City.
Sports Brieflooks at other bizarre man-of-the-match awards, including internet subscription, via Daily Star.
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Football 1. A live chickenMalawi Premier League club Big Bullets striker Hassan Kajoke was given a live chicken as the reward for being the man of the match after scoring two goals in the 5-0 victory against Karonga United. He could not hide the shock on his face.
2. Coca-cola themed bikeAberdeen's Stephen Glass was presented a mountain bike checkered in Coca-Cola colours after his man-of-the-match performance in the Leagues Cup final against Dundee United.
3. Mobile dataMamelodi Sundown striker Hlompho Kekana was given 5GB of mobile data after his fine display. It was the first time such would be done in South African football.
4. A fishArsenalcaptain Martin Odegaard was given a fish after winning Real Sociedad Player of the Month during his loan spell at the club. He was given at
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