Golden Boot is awarded to three African players after finishing season joint top scorers in the last day of the 2018/2019 Premier League season.
The three African players Mohammed Salah(Egypt), Sadio Mane(Egypt), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon) Share the Premier League Golden Boot after all three finished on 22 goals.
Liverpool forward Salah went into the final afternoon leading the way but was pegged back after his team-mate Mane scored twice in their 2-0 win over Wolves that proved not enough to win the title.
Aubameyang scored twice in Arsenal’s 3-1 win at Burnley to take his place at the top of the leaderboard.
Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang receives his Premier League Golden Boot award having shared it with Liverpool duo Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane on 22 goals
Salah also received his Golden Boot following Liverpool’s 2-0 win over Wolves at Anfield
It is the first time three African players have shared the award and sports analysts believe this is a goal omen for the forthcoming African Cup of Nation tournament later in the year.
Recall that Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero scored in their title-clinching 4-1 win at Brighton but will have to settle for second spot in the Golden Boot race with 21 goals.
Though Salah finished the season with more assists than his two rivals, this isn’t taken into account so all three will share the honour.
Indeed, a beaming Aubameyang was presented with his accolade after being presented with it at Turf Moor.
It is the third time this has happened in Premier League history – Chris Sutton, Michael Owen and Dion Dublin shared it in the 1997-98 season and Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink, Michael Owen and Dwight Yorke were tied in 1998-99.
| Player | Club | Goals | Assists | Minutes played | Minutes per goal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohamed Salah | Liverpool | 22 | 8 | 3256 | 148 |
| Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | Arsenal | 22 | 5 | 2731 | 124 |
| Sadio Mane | Liverpool | 22 | 1 | 3085 | 140 |
| Sergio Aguero | Manchester City | 21 | 8 | 2479 | 118 |
| Jamie Vardy | Leicester | 18 | 4 | 2728 | 152 |
| Raheem Sterling | Manchester City | 17 | 10 | 2776 | 163 |
| Harry Kane | Tottenham | 17 | 4 | 2427 | 143 |
| Eden Hazard | Chelsea | 16 | 15 | 2925 | 183 |
| Callum Wilson | Bournemouth | 14 | 9 | 2534 | 181 |
| Paul Pogba | Manchester United | 13 | 9 | 3009 | 231 |
| Alexandre Lacazette | Arsenal | 13 | 8 | 2505 | 193 |
| Raul Jimenez | Wolves | 13 | 7 | 3122 | 240 |
| Gylfi Sigurdsson | Everton | 13 | 6 | 3127 | 241 |
| Glenn Murray | Brighton | 13 | 1 | 2513 | 193 |
| Richarlison | Everton | 13 | 1 | 2678 | 206 |
Aubameyang’s is arguably the most impressive total as his 22 goals came in just 2,731 minutes of Premier League football this season at a rate of one goal every 124 minutes.
Mane played 3,085 minutes of league action with his goals coming every 140 minutes, while Salah played 3,256 minutes and scored every 148 minutes on average.
City secured the Premier League title for the second consecutive season with a 4-1 win at Brighton.
They fell behind to a Glenn Murray header in the first-half at the same time Liverpool were leading Wolves 1-0 thanks to Mane’s first goal.
But Pep Guardiola’s team stormed back to score four times – through Aguero, Aymeric Laporte, Riyad Mahrez and Ilkay Gundogan – to wreck Liverpool’s hopes of a first title win since 1990.
