Premier League Top Scorers as Haaland Leads Line Despite Blanks vs Wolves

• Several players in the Premier League have staked an early claim for the Golden boot
• Last season’s top scorer Erling Haaland is looking good after seven games of the campaign with eight Premier League goals
• There are some other notable names in the top scorer charts, including Tottenham star Son Heung Min

After seven games of the new Premier League season, the top scorer charts is finally beginning to take shape.

On Saturday, September 30, the Premier League provided one of the most entertaining match days yet, as there were several upsets, notable performances from the big guns, and plenty of goals.

Aston Villa’s 6-1 win over Brighton had a minor subplot, as Ollie Watkins’ hat trick suddenly put him in the top scorers’ charts.

The English striker was in inspired from as the Villains maintained a strong start to the season with another resounding performance against a frightening Brighton to move to fifth on the log with 15 points, just three off the top.

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Another notable result as far as top scorers are concerned was Arsenal’s 4-0 win over Bournemouth which saw Bukayo Saka find his fourth goal of the season.

Jarod Bowen is having a dream start to the season at West Ham, as he also found the net on Saturday as the Hammers beat Sheffield United 2-0.

To show just how prolific Bowen has been, it is kind to note that only Son Heung Min and Haaland have scored more goals than the attacker after seven matches.

Speaking of Haaland, the Norwegian had a rare moment of firing blanks as Manchester City lost 2-1 to an unpredictable Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Regardless, Haaland’s early-season form has seen him at the top in terms of the Golden Boot race, and he is well on course to earn a second stand out trophy in that department.

Here are the Premier League top scorers, as seen on the league’s official website:

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Erling Haaland, Man City 8 goals

Son Heung Min, Tottenham Hotspur 6 goals

Jarrod Bowen, West Ham 5 goals

Ollie Watkins, Aston Villa 4 goals

Bukayo Saka, Arsenal 4 goals

Callum Wilson, Newcastle United 4 goals

Evan Ferguson, Brighton and Hove Albion 4 goals

Hwan-Hee Chan, Wolverhampton Wanderers 4 goals

Alexander Isak, Newcastle United 4 goals

Odsonne Edouard, Crystal Palace 4 goals

Bryan Mbeumo, Brentford 4 goals

Mohammed Salah, Darwin Nunez Brighton’s Kaoru Mitoma, Julian Alvarez of Manchester City and Taiwo Awoiyi of Notttingham Forest also have an outside chance of winning the Golden Boot as they sit just below with 3 goals each.

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Sports Brief also reported on PGMOL’s update in the wake of the outrage that came from the Tottenham vs Liverpool game.

With the scores 0-0 and Liverpool one man down, 26-year-old Diaz raced through on goal to slot home, but the goal was immediately flagged for offside after what was an unusually quick VAR check by match official Darren England.

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Liverpool went on to lose the game 2-1, after a late own goal from Joel Matip in the sixth minute of added time.

Barely hours after the game, PGMOL released a statement saying the decision against Luis Diaz was a ‘human error’.