His fanboys and their lack of objectivity, not to mention extreme bias, make it hard to like him or praise him when he deserves it. The same applies to guys like Quag and Gio too.
Having said that, he had a solid game, scored a fortuitous goal, but it was nothing out of the ordinary. Probably deserves MOTM because no one really stood out, and there were too many errors by the defense and midfield (particularly in the 2'nd half).