Egypt forward, Mohamed Salah has come out to speak about losing out to Harry Kane in the race for the Premier League Golden Boot last season. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, that disappointment actually motivated him to take his game to a new level this year, and he is glad to have ended highest goal scorer alongside Son.
Salah added that he actually backed himself to win three golden boots in the EPL after he signed for Liverpool.
His words, “When I signed here I can’t say I expected myself to go on and win three golden boots,”
“But in the first year I was fighting with Kane at the beginning and then I said: ‘I have a big chance to win it’.”
“So when I won it from Kane and he had won it two years before, I went on holiday and said: ‘Why not? you won it from Kane and he is top goalscorer, so give it a try for a second one.”
“I won it a second year and after that I said: ‘You’ve got to go for four or five’.”
“For five years I’ve always competed for it, I lost last year in the last game against Kane. Last year was painful, that’s what pushed me to be who I am now this year.”
“I believe that last season as a team was not really good, but to win the golden boot in the last game with one goal difference? That’s not good.”
“I was so motivated, I was working like crazy in the summer. I said: ‘next year I’m going to win both things, the golden boot and assists’. I was working like crazy to win both.”
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