Everton striker Romelu Lukaku has been named Premier League player of the month for March, Crystal Palace winger Andros Townsend received the goal of the month, while Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe picked up his first manager of the month award.

Lukaku leads the race for the golden boot with 21 goals.

The Belgian forward scored four in March, netting in a 3-2 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur, scoring and assisting in a 3-0 home win over West Bromwich Albion and notching a brace in a 4-0 triumph over Hull City.

"I'm really happy," said Lukaku, who is the first Everton player in history to reach 20 goals in a single Premier League season.

"It gives me another boost. I'm playing well at the minute and the team is doing really well."

Lukaku won the award by edging out Bournemouth duo Artur Boruc and Joshua King, Southampton's Nathan Redmond, Mamadou Sakho of Crystal Palace and Liverpool midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum.

Townsend's superb solo goal in the late stages of Palace's 2-0 win at West Bromwich Albion on March 4 saw him rewarded.

The England international ran the entire length of the field after tackling West Brom's Jonathan Leko on the edge of the Palace area, before finishing into the roof of the net.

He said of the goal: "Even though I had nothing left I thought 'I'm going to have to go for this'. It ended up a 2 v 2 attack and thankfully I scored the goal."


Under Howe's stewardship, Bournemouth were unbeaten in March as they won two and drew one of their three matches to move up to 11th in the table and nine points clear of the relegation zone.

"It feels really good," said Howe.

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