Gordon wins Premier League 2 Player of the Month

Gordon has been in exceptional form this season, scoring 11 goals in nine appearances for the Under-21s in all competitions. In September, he netted a first-half hat-trick in a 3-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur and also managed to score a hat-trick in a remarkable 7-3 victory over Paris Saint-Germain in the Premier League International Cup.

His performances this season have earned him a place on the first-team bench against Chelsea and Leeds United, a feat he last realised in the summer of 2020 during Project Restart.

He saw off competition from Chelsea’s Omari Hutchinson, Leeds’ Mateo Joseph and Brighton & Hove Albion’s Evan Ferguson, all of whom scored three goals each, to scoop Player of the Month.

Upon winning the award, Gordon said to Palace TV: "It feels very, very good. All the hard work I've been doing is paying off and the reward tops it off really.

"We [the Under-21s] went on a [10-game] unbeaten run, we've been enjoying it, pushing each other, working hard with each other. Now, I've been training with the first-team basically every day and I'm enjoying it a lot. Tempo's high, intensity is high, but I've had to get used to it and now I feel like I'm blending in very well."

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