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– Liverpool star Mohamed Salah has won the Premier League goal of the season award for his solo strike during the 2-2 draw with Manchester City at Anfield in October.
– The Reds forward won the award after showing sublime skill and strength to weave past three players, before twisting and turning past a fourth and drilling a shot beyond Ederson from a tight angle with his right foot.
– Salah’s goal received the most combined votes by the public and a panel of football experts, topping a shortlist that featured each of the season’s Budweiser Goal of the Month winners plus one standout strike from May.
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– The 29-year-old beat off competition from Miguel Almiron, Danny Ings, Mateo Kovacic, Alexandre Lacazette, Rodri, Cristiano Ronaldo, Heung-min Son, Andros Townsend and Wilfried Zaha to land the accolade.
This is @MoSalah at his mesmerising, brilliant best! ✨
His solo strike against Man City is your @budfootball Goal of the Season 👏#PLAwards | @LFC pic.twitter.com/4W5xq1xJmj
— Premier League (@premierleague) May 29, 2022
– It completes a hat-trick of end-of-season Premier League awards for the Egyptian, who also won the Golden Boot for the most goals and the Playmaker prize for providing the highest number of assists.
– Salah and Tottenham’s Son Heung-min had to share the Premier League’s Golden Boot award after finishing the season tied on 23 goals this season.
We’re not done yet. pic.twitter.com/IiBuC0d9WN
— Mohamed Salah (@MoSalah) May 23, 2022
– Son scored twice in Tottenham’s 5-0 win at Norwich but Salah struck late on as the Reds beat Wolves 3-1.
– It is a third golden boot win for the Egyptian since joining the Reds back in 2017, having previously claimed the Golden Boot in 2017-18, when he scored 32 times, and in 2018-19 season, when he finished with 22 goals.
– In the latter case, Salah was involved in a three-way tie at the top of the scoring charts alongside his Liverpool team-mate Sadio Mane and then-Arsenal forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
– The star forward also bagged the Playmaker of the season award for picking up 13 assists to just beat Liverpool team-mate Trent Alexander-Arnold to top the charts.
