Premier League: When the "shooter" is not next to the "king"

After 35 rounds, Mohamed Salah has scored 31 goals for Liverpool and is leading the Premier League Top Scorers chart in the 2017/2018 season. In second place is the reigning top scorer of last season, Harry Kane, with 26 goals.

With a gap of 5 goals between these two strikers, while there are only 3 rounds left in the season (Tottenham have only played up to round 34), it is almost certain that the Egyptian player will win the Premier League Golden Boot this season.

In fact, the fact that Mohamed Salah or Harry Kane won the Golden Boot award also shows one thing: for a long time in the Premier League, there has not been a Golden Boot in the championship team.

According to statistics, over the past 5 seasons since Robin Van Persie won the championship and the Golden Boot award with Man Utd in the Premier League 2012/2013 season until now, there has not been another case.

Mohamed Salah and Harry Kane are competing for the Golden Boot award. Photo: Internet

In the 2013/2014 season, Man City was the champion, Luis Suarez (Liverpool) was the top scorer (31 goals). In the 2014/2015 season, Sergio Aguero (Man City) won the title of top scorer (26 goals), Chelsea was the champion.

In the 2015/2016 season, Leicester City wrote a "fairy tale" with the championship title, striker Harry Kane (Tottenham) won the Golden Boot award (25 goals). In the 2016/2018 season, for the second consecutive time striker Harry Kane (Tottenham) won the Golden Boot award, then Chelsea was the champion.

This season, Pep Guardiola's Man City has officially won the championship with 5 rounds to go. The competition for the Golden Boot is a private affair between Harry Kane (Tottenham) and Mohamed Salah (Liverpool). Thus, another season the Premier League has witnessed the best striker not "sitting in the same boat" with the best team.

That shows that in the Premier League, the team with the most dangerous striker does not mean that the team will definitely win the title. It is not like La Liga, Lique 1, Bundesliga… where the top scorer is often in the champion's squad.

Man City won the Premier League championship in the 2017/2018 season. Photo: Internet

Observing the recent championships of Leicester City, Chelsea, and Man City, we can see that teamwork is the leading factor that helps teams win the highest titles.

Harry Kane is a good striker, Salah is a deadly assassin, Lukaku is not an ordinary striker, but if they are excellent alone, Tottenham, Liverpool, and Man Utd cannot win the Premier League.

In recent years, the race for the championship and the top scorer title has always been completely independent. The best “shooter” is not always next to the “king”./.