History was made on Sunday as African Trio shared the Premiership Golden Boot Award. The Premier League Golden Boot is an annual association football award. Presented to the leading goal scorer in the Premier League. The current 2018/2019 premiership season just ended on a historic note. As three (3) Africans claimed the Golden Boot award. Two African players from Liverpool Sadio Mane (Senegal) and Mohamed Salah (Egypt) are joined on 22 goals by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon), the Arsenal star. Salah won the Golden Boot last season, with the Liverpool and Egyptian marksman scoring 32 goals to claim the Golden Boot award
Salah
However, Salah was two goals ahead into the final day of this season’s premiership league. But Aubameyang and Mane both netted braces to join him on 22 goals. Arsenal and Gabonese forward Aubameyang scored twice, in their match against Burnley which the won 3-0. He was also the man who threatened to solely win the award as he missed a last minute’s chance to claim a hat-trick. The Arsenal man was excited to be a part of an all-African historic trio. In a quotes reported by the BBC:
He said, “I share this trophy with two other guys i like. Great players and Africans. We are representing Africa, and that’s cool. I am happy I won. And I’m sharing this trophy with the other two guys. My teammate knew about the Golden Boot, but I said nothing. I did not want them to play and only focus on me. I am a team player”.
Moving-on, Sadio Mane the Senegalese and Liverpool Star also scored 2goals on their last match with Wolves at Anfield. To level up with Salah and Aubameyang at 22goals. Mane and Aubameyang have won the award for the first time. While Salah has claimed the Golden Boot in back-to-back season. After scoring 32 times in 2017/2018. They 26 years old also becomes the sixth premier league player in history to win the Golden Boot award in consecutive season. After Alan Shearer, Michael Owen, Thierry Henry, Robin Van Persie and Harrry Kane.
Jurgen Klopp
Furthermore, Liverpool manage, Jurgen Klopp showed satisfaction of knowing he had played a part in the careers of all three of this season’s Golden Boot winners. Having signed in 2013 Aubameyang from Saint-Etienne when he was the Manager of Dortmund in Germany. He added- “Auba too? Do they have three boots?” said Klopp. Who suffered the last-day heartache of seeing Liverpool finish just one point behind City. “It is good. They are all my players,” the German concluded.
