Ings was our best player on Boxing Day

Last updated : 04 January 2015 By Tony Scholes

C:WindowsTempphpB59.tmpIt was a close run thing for the man of the match with three players close to coming out on top, but it was Ings, with 23.9% of the vote, who came out on top just head of both Ashley Barnes and George Boyd who both won a 21.6% share.

Central defender Michael Keane, who has settled into the team really well since coming on for Michael Duff in the 2-1 win at Stoke, claimed fourth place with 11.4% of the vote.

Ings was again first in the player ratings but this time there were defenders in those places just below him. He won it with a rating of 7.73 out of 10 with the next three places taken by players from the back four. Keane was second this time with 7.47 and he was followed by Kieran Trippier and Jason Shackell whose ratings were 7.36 and 7.29 out of 10.

This result has won Ings the maximum ten points towards the Clarets Mad Player of the Year. Keane has won four points and there are three points each for Barnes and Boyd, two points for Trippier and one point for Shackell.

That all means that Ings has moved ahead of Scott Arfield into second place and is now only two points behind leader Shackell. Those three players are some distance ahead of the rest with Barnes heading the next group which shows five players separated by just four points.

The result of the Manchester City game will follow this afternoon but meanwhile you can still vote for the Newcastle game, with voting ending at the end of today.

You can vote for the man of the match via the front page or the VOTING POLLS page.

The PLAYER RATINGS can be posted on the message board.

The result of the Liverpool game is below.

MAN OF THE MATCH

23.9% - Danny Ings
21.6% - Ashley Barnes & George Boyd
11.4% - Michael Keane
9.1% - Dean Marney
4.2% - Kieran Trippier
2.7% - Jason Shackell
1.9% - Scott Arfield & David Jones
1.1% - Tom Heaton
0.8% - Ben Mee

PLAYER RATINGS

7.73 - Danny Ings
7.47 - Michael Keane
7.36 - Kieran Trippier
7.29 - Jason Shackell
7.24 - Dean Marney
7.22 - George Boyd
6.90 - Tom Heaton
6.67 - Ashley Barnes
6.27 - David Jones
5.92 - Scott Arfield
4.96 - Ben Mee

CLARETS MAD PLAYER OF THE YEAR

60: Jason Shackell
58: Danny Ings
53: Scott Arfield
32: Ashley Barnes
31: Lukas Jutkiewicz
29: George Boyd
28: Michael Duff & Tom Heaton

22: Kieran Trippier
21: Dean Marney
17: Stephen Ward
16: David Jones
11: Ben Mee
10: Nathaniel Chalobah
7: Michael Keane
3: Marvin Sordell
1: Matt Gilks, Michael Kightly & Matt Taylor