United goalkeeper Marco Silvestri has just missed out on the Sky Bet Championship Player of the Month award for February to Nottingham Forest midfielder Henri Lansbury.

Silvestri was nominated alongside Watford's Odion Ighalo, Tom Ince of Derby County and eventual winner Henri Lansbury from Nottingham Forest after a string of impressive display between the posts, with his performance against Middlesbrough at the Riverside highlighted.

The judging panel for the Sky Bet Player of the Month comprises Sky Sports Football League expert Don Goodman; Football League Head of Communications John Nagle; League Managers Association Director Olaf Dixon and Sky Bet Football Trading Manager Paul Lowery.

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