Fernandes named Premier League Player of the Season, O'Reilly picks up young player award

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fernandes-bruno/GYvAMDm2/"]Fernandes[/a] ‌tied the league record of 20 assists jointly held by former Arsenal striker Thierry Henry ‌and ex-[a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-city/Wtn9Stg0/"]Manchester City[/a] playmaker [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/de-bruyne-kevin/MsPs6OI5/"]Kevin De Bruyne[/a].[/p][p]The Portugal international also scored ‌eight goals as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-united/ppjDR086/"]United[/a] secured a third-place finish to qualify for the ‌Champions League.[/p][image alt="Bruno Fernandes' stats in the Premier League this season" id="73a2101b-ba67-4a27-8554-90fc1a64a2eb" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform (photo by Action Images via Reuters/Jason Cairnduff)" guid="2e0ffe9d-56ee-4a2e-959d-664728d0ddd6" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]The 31-year-old was nominated alongside Arsenal's title-winning trio of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gabriel/tEcnVXMS/"]Gabriel[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/raya-david/nkVV0IXb/"]‌David Raya[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rice-declan/zkQ8Cm6n/"]Declan Rice[/a], Manchester City duo [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/haaland-erling/UmV9iQmE/"]Erling Haaland[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/semenyo-antoine/r1Gz1yPk/"]Antoine Semenyo[/a], Nottingham Forest midfielder [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gibbs-white-morgan/beZNT1bB/"]Morgan Gibbs-White[/a] and Brentford striker [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rodriguez-thiago/MmJb4MzQ/"]Igor Thiago[/a].[/p][p]Fernandes emerged as the Premier ‌League's best playmaker this season when he created ⁠a league-high 132 chances. The next ‌best player was Liverpool's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/szoboszlai-dominik/dERKtqoo/"]Dominik Szoboszlai[/a], who created 89 chances.[/p][p]Fernandes was named the ​Football Writers' Association men's player of the year earlier this month, while he also picked up the club's Sir Matt Busby ​Player of the Year honour for the fifth time.[/p][embed guid="6c821cd8-4f1e-47b6-8f72-f43f0a08997c" url="https://x.com/premierleague/status/2058125787208077519" social-type="twitter" /][p]He has the opportunity to make the Premier League assists record his own on Sunday ⁠[a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/brighton-2XrRecc3/manchester-utd-ppjDR086/?mid=xQXUa3UG"]when United travel to ​Brighton & Hove Albion[/a] for the final game of the season.[/p][h2]O'Reilly named best young player[/h2][p]Manchester City's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/o-reilly-nico/xOrYaNWc/"]Nico O'Reilly[/a] was named the Premier League Young Player of the Season after the 21-year-old had a breakthrough campaign which has earned ‌him a spot in England's World Cup squad.[/p][p]O'Reilly, who came through City's academy, broke into Pep Guardiola's starting line-up this season, predominantly playing as a left back while also making appearances in midfield, scoring five goals and providing three assists in the league.[/p][p]He has made 34 league appearances this season, with 29 starts, while he has scored crucial goals in big games, including a brace in City's 2-0 win over Arsenal in the League Cup final.[/p][embed guid="23bb2041-693f-4094-96bd-5a09f2e3fefd" url="https://x.com/premierleague/status/2058167313451401475" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]"I'm very proud to have won this ‌award. After my first appearances in senior football last season, I ​knew this year I could have the opportunity to play more ‌and help the team as much as possible if I worked hard," [/b]he said.[/p][p]"To get so many minutes and earn the trust of the manager and my teammates has been the greatest achievement in my career so far. I am so grateful to ⁠my family and everyone at ⁠City because this wouldn't have ‌been possible without them."[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/england/premier-league/"]Follow the final day in the Premier League with Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]