He really deserves the award because he has made his club Nottingham Forest look impressive this season and achieved consecutive wins in December, achieving consecutive wins in the Premier League is not easy because the competition in the EPL is very tight while Liverpool who have collected more points they did not achieve consecutive wins like Nottingham Forest did so he should get appreciation for his hard work.
Appreciation for a fairly hard work does need to be given because as you said that competing and getting consecutive wins in the Premier League is not a very easy job for every team, but what Nottingham Forest has achieved has really made many people wonder and currently the team is one of the teams that is able to compete in the top four zone with other strong teams. But I can't wait to see how Nottingham Forest's condition is when they meet Liverpool in the near future, because if Nottingham Forest can win again in this upcoming match, of course they are really extraordinary this season.