Premier League 2018/19 Golden Boot: Top Contenders at the start of April 2019

#2 Mohamed Salah (Egypt, Liverpool) 🢀 🢂

Southampton FC v Liverpool FC - Premier League

Goals Scored - 18

The Egyptian has been steadily climbing the charts since last month and has managed to retain his position even though he failed to score in the month of March. Despite the negative hype surrounding his performances, Salah has actually been pretty decent this season. However, his form last year has raised the bar quite high and the Egyptian is feeling the pressures of expectations at Anfield now.

Salah had a pretty low key month, starting in all of Liverpool's games but failing to find the back of the net. However, when Liverpool visited Southampton last week, they needed their Egyptian hero and Salah obliged. He scored a fantastic goal as Liverpool came back from behind to win 3-1.

The Egyptian has scored 18 goals from 33 games in the Premier League and has a further 7 assists to his name to. However, he has missed 15 big chances this season already and that has hurt him so far. Salah is second among the top ten contenders for the Premier League Golden Boot at the start of April, but he isn't too far away from the top.

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