Mohamed Salah sends message to Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane after Golden Boot loss
Going into gameweek 38, Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah and Tottenham Hotspur frontman Harry Kane were in the running for the Golden Boot with 22 goals each.
But as it turned out, Kane walked away with two individual trophies at the end of the season. The 27-year-old finished this campaign with the most number of goals (23) and most assists (14). (h/t BBC)
Salah blanked in Liverpool’s 2-0 win at Crystal Palace while Kane scored Tottenham’s first goal against Leicester City on Sunday in a 4-2 win.
The Englishman’s volley in the 41st-minute was enough to hand him the Golden Boot. Salah tried his best to score at Anfield but failed, and after the match, the Egyptian winger sent a message to Harry Kane on Twitter.
A touch of class
He congratulated Kane on his achievement, which is his 3rd Golden Boot in the Premier League. The Liverpool forward, on the other hand, has two to his name. Salah’s tweet stated:
“Very well deserved! Congratulations!”
Very well deserved! Congratulations!
— Mohamed Salah (@MoSalah) May 23, 2021
This is not the first that Mohamed Salah and Harry Kane were in a Golden Boot race. The two were involved in an epic tussle for the shiny golden shoe in the 2017/18 season where Salah finished with a record 32 goals, with Kane just 2 behind.
The show of respect and class from Salah was appreciated by a lot of Spurs fans in the reply section. The former Chelsea man finished with 22 goals, just one behind Kane.
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Spurs beat Leicester City 4-2 on Sunday to confirm a 7th-placed finish in the league, just above Arsenal in 8th place. This confirms the club’s participation in Europe next season. However, that will be in the inaugural UEFA Europa Conference League and not the Europa or Champions League.
