Anthony Martial, Wayne Rooney and Antonio Valencia are the three nominees for Manchester United's Player of the Month award in May.
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ANTHONY MARTIAL (5 appearances, 3 goals)
Top scorer for the Reds in the final month of the campaign after bagging the opener in the 1-1 draw against soon-to-be-crowned Leicester City. His two-goal show at West Ham proved in vain but he again illustrated his omnipresent threat and he was unlucky not to find the net in the FA Cup final. A classic header bounced back off Crystal Palace keeper Wayne Hennessey's right-hand upright and he had a goalbound effort blocked by Joel Ward.
WAYNE ROONEY (5 appearances, 1 goal)
The skipper hit top gear to emerge as the key figure in United's FA Cup triumph, earning the Man-of-the-Match award for a tremendous display. He switched back to attack at Norwich due to Martial's absence and intelligently teed up Juan Mata's winner. However, much of his fine work came in a deeper midfield role. A neat finish against Bournemouth was followed with a remarkable pass for Ashley Young's third strike against the Cherries and, of course, it was his dynamic run that led to Mata equalising against Crystal Palace at Wembley.
ANTONIO VALENCIA (5 appearances, 0 goals)
The Ecuador international has nailed down the right-back slot and performed consistently well throughout the month. He supplied the cross that allowed Martial to net against Leicester and the pass that released Rooney for Mata's goal at Norwich. The defender, who narrowly pipped Mata to a place on the shortlist, also went close to notching his first goal of the campaign when Bournemouth keeper Adam Federici tipped over his cannonball shot and it was his driven centre in the build-up that led to Jesse Lingard's Wembley winner.
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