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.
Nottingham, which is basically a mediocre team and does not have above average quality and managed to get a winning streak, then they are very worthy of getting an award. Because after all, the top Premier League teams that in the last few seasons competed for trophies like Arsenal also did not always manage to get a winning streak like Nottingham did. So yes, appreciation and awards are very worthy for Nottingham and for the next match against Liverpool it will clearly be a difficult match.
Because of course, Liverpool also plays with a mission of revenge so Liverpool will use all their abilities to be able to beat Nottingham. But yes, if Nottingham manages not to lose at least can end the match with a draw, then Nottingham really has a very good performance this season and deserves to be able to finish in the top four.