The race to unseat Mohamed Salah and keep him from standing alone atop the Premier League Golden Boot record list is on after Liverpool teammate Hugo Ekitike scored the first goal of this season on Friday, August 15.
It will be a fun season with many players hopeful of leading the Premier League in goals, a feat achieved by some of the biggest names to ever grace the pitches of England.
Can Ekitike go wire-to-wire? It’s an option for the big-money signing, but there will be plenty of twists and turns en route to the trophy’s collection in May.
Who won last season’s Premier League Golden Boot?
Mohamed Salah built a big lead and held on to comfortably claim his fourth Golden Boot , tying Thierry Henry for the most in Premier League history.
Salah’s conquest came a year after Erling