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Son Heung-min shares Premier League Golden Boot with Mo Salah

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Mueez Ajao

– Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah and Tottenham’s Son Heung-min will share the Premier League’s Golden Boot award after finishing the season tied on 23 goals.

– Egyptian Salah began the final day one goal clear of the South Korean at the top of the scoring charts.

– Son scored twice in Tottenham’s 5-0 win at Norwich but Salah struck late on as the Reds beat Wolves 3-1.

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– It is the third time Salah has won the award.

– He 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.

– Salah’s total of 23 goals this season includes one hat-trick, which he scored in a 5-0 win at Manchester United on 24 October.

– Twenty of his strikes had come by 12 March but his scoring form tailed off after that, with two in a 4-0 win at home to Manchester United on 19 April and one more against Wolves.

– In contrast to Salah’s finish to the season, Son struck nine times in his last 10 games, including six in his final five, to shoot up the scoring charts.

– He managed one hat-trick this season, in a 4-0 win at Aston Villa in April.

– “It’s incredible to have this award,” Son said. “I can’t believe it. I got really emotional. I dreamed of it as a child. Literally it’s my in hands. I can’t believe it.”

– The Premier League’s Playmaker of the Season award, which was introduced in 2017-18 for the player with the most assists, also goes to Salah.

– The Egyptian ends the season on 13 assists, one better than his Liverpool colleague Trent Alexander-Arnold.

– Salah has now reached double figures for goals and assists in four of his five league campaigns at Anfield. The only time he failed to do so was in 2020-21, when he only set up five league goals.

– Salah’s Liverpool team-mate Andrew Robertson, Chelsea’s Mason Mount and West Ham’s Jarrod Bowen all finish the campaign on 10 assists.

– Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson and Liverpool number one Alisson share the Golden Glove award after finishing the season on 20 clean sheets each.

– Ederson has missed just one game for the Premier League champions this term – a 2-0 win over Burnley in October – while Alisson was only absent for the Reds’ 5-0 win at Watford in October and the 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge in January.

– The duo finish ahead of Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, who ends the campaign on 17 clean sheets.

– Ederson was the outright winner of the award in each of the past two campaigns, while Alisson won the award in 2018-19.

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