Goalscorer Boyd is top player in City victory

Last updated : 20 March 2015 By Tony Scholes

And his performance has won him both the man of the match vote and the player ratings on Clarets Mad.

Boyd probably ran further than anyone else on the pitch but this was certainly not aimless running. He had one of his best games since joining us from Hull last September and the goal, a stunning strike on the half volley from the edge of the box, will certainly see him contesting the goal of the season in May.

For the man of the match, he polled 47.0% of the vote and that was way ahead of the next two, the returning pair of Michael Duff and Sam Vokes. Duff came second with a 15.9% share, just ahead of Vokes who polled 15.4%. Scott Arfield, back to his best, took fourth place with 6.3% of the vote.

Boyd was again the winner in the ratings, on a day when seven of the players scored eight or more and all of them were above seven.

His winning rating was 8.70 out of 10, just beating the two central defenders. Jason Shackell was second this time with 8.67 with 8.61 securing third place for Duff. Vokes was fourth with a rating of 8.54 out of 10.

The result means Boyd has won the maximum ten points towards the Clarets Mad Player of the Year. There were five points for Duff, three each for Shackell and Vokes with Arfield winning one point.

Danny Ings is still top, and holds a 19 point lead over Shackell, but it is getting closer and closer for that second place with Boyd and Ashley Barnes just four and seven points behind Shackell respectively.

The next vote will be for the Southampton game and will be underway tomorrow evening, within an hour of the final whistle.

The result for the Man City game and the current player of the year table can be found below.

MAN OF THE MATCH

47.0% - George Boyd
15.9% - Michael Duff
15.4% - Sam Vokes
6.3% - Scott Arfield
4.6% - Jason Shackell
2.9% - David Jones
2.2% - Ben Mee & Kieran Trippier
1.4% - Ashley Barnes & Tom Heaton
0.7% - Danny Ings

PLAYER RATINGS

8.70 - George Boyd
8.67 - Jason Shackell
8.61 - Michael Duff
8.54 - Sam Vokes
8.46 - Scott Arfield
8.00 - David Jones & Kieran Trippier
7.89 - Ben Mee
7.72 - Ashley Barnes
7.35 - Tom Heaton
7.17 - Danny Ings

CLARETS MAD PLAYER OF THE YEAR

95: Danny Ings
76: Jason Shackell
72: George Boyd
69: Ashley Barnes
58: Scott Arfield
51: Kieran Trippier
46: Tom Heaton
43: Ben Mee
38: Michael Keane
34: Michael Duff
31: Lukas Jutkiewicz
30: David Jones
21: Dean Marney
17: Stephen Ward
14: Michael Kightly
10: Nathaniel Chalobah
7: Sam Vokes
6: Marvin Sordell
2: Ross Wallace
1: Matt Gilks & Matt Taylor