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Manchester City's Pep Guardiola, Ruben Dias win top Premier League awards

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Pep Guardiola (Getty Images)
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Manchester City defender Ruben Dias and boss Pep Guardiola have been voted the Premier League's Player and Manager of the Year for 2020/21, respectively.

Dias played a crucial role in City's title-winning campaign after joining from Benfica in September and helping Guardiola's men claim the Carabao Cup and reach the Champions League final.

In 32 league appearances, the 24-year-old Portugal international contributed to 15 clean sheets, made 35 interceptions, 24 tackles, 23 blocks and 135 recoveries.

Last month he was named the Football Writers' Association's Footballer of the Year, and he is among the Professional Footballers' Association's player of the year nominees.

The nominees Dias had beat to take home the Premier League award were his City team-mate Kevin De Bruyne, who won it last year, Bruno Fernandes, Jack Grealish, Harry Kane, Mason Mount, Mohamed Salah and Tomas Soucek.

Guardiola, whose side finished 12 points clear of second-placed Manchester United, wins the managerial award for the third time. On the other two occasions, he guided City to the Premier League title in 2017-18 and 2018-19.

The other nominees were United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Leicester's Brendan Rodgers, West Ham's David Moyes and Leeds' Marcelo Bielsa.

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