Son Heung Min and Mohammed Salah Share English Premier League’s Golden Boot Award After Thrilling Final Games

• Son Heung-Min scored twice against Norwich City to guide Tottenham Hotspur to victory and finish on 23 goals for the season
• Mohammed Salah came on as a substitute and scored as Liverpool beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1
• Mohammed Salah has won the Golden Boot award three times now and is only the fourth player in history to do so

The English Premier League season has come to an end and a superb final day of action capped off a superb season.

While Manchester City defended the title after a come-from-behind victory against Aston Villa, Liverpool also came from behind to take the title race right to the final whistle.

The race for the Golden Boot award also proved to be a thrilling affair as well as Tottenham Hotspur’s Son Heung-Min and Liverpool’s Mohammed Salah tied for first place.

Both strikers finished on 23 goals this season as Son scored twice for Spurs against Norwich and Salah scored once against Wolverhampton Wanderers, Football.London reported.

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Cristiano Ronaldo took third place with 18 goals while Harry Kane finished fourth with 17 goals.

Sadio Mané finished with 16 goals while Kevin De Bruyne, Diogo Jota and Jamie Vardy all finished level with 15 goals each.

Salah has now won his third Premier League Golden, two of which he has shared while Son bagged his first award for finishing as the highest goal scorer in the league, The Express confirmed. Salah also became only the fourth player in history to win the award at least three times.

Thierry Henry, Harry Kane and Alan Shearer are the three other players to achieve the feat. Shearer and Henry are the only players to win three in a row, the Premier League confirmed, while Henry is the only player to have won four Golden Boot awards in English football’s topflight.

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Tottenham Hotspur are heading to the UEFA Champions League. Spurs needed just a point to secure fourth place in the league but went one better and secured a victory, Sports Brief earlier reported.

Harry Kane and Dejan Kulusevski and Son Heung-Min got the goals as Spurs pipped Arsenal to the final Champions League spot. Spurs deserved the victory on the run of play, creating more chances and dominating the game. Kane, Kulusevski and Pierre-Emile Højbjerg all looked extremely for the London-based side and the latter came close to opening the scoring in the eighth minute.

Son, who was chasing Mohammed Salah for the Golden Boot Award, came alive in the second half and rounded off the scoring. The South Korean striker scored twice in quick succession to add insult to injury.