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English Premier League, Sports

Haaland breaks Salah’s record

 Erling Haaland has broken the record for the most goals scored by a player in an English Premier League season (38 games), surpassing Mo Salah’s record of 32. 

The 22-year-old Manchester City striker achieved this feat in the 95th minute of a 4-1 win against Arsenal, bringing  his total goals for this season to be 33 in 29 appearances. The Norwegian has now provided as many Premier League assists this season as Martin Ødegaard (7).Image

Haaland who moved from Borussia Dortmund to Man City is now directly involved in 57 goals (49 goals, 8 assists) in 43 matches in all competitions this season, 15 more than any other player in Europe’s top five leagues, scoring or assisting every 58 minutes on average.

 

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Victor Moses misses out as CAF unveil the Top 3 finalists for the 2017 African Player of the Year award.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) have unveiled the three finalists for the 2017 African Player of the Year award and sadly Nigeria/Chelsea’s Victor Moses didn’t make the cut. The final shortlist features: Mohamed Salah (Egypt/Liverpool), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon/Borussia Dortmund) and Sadio Mane (Senegal/Liverpool)
Egypt’s Mohammed Salah, who was recently adjudged BBC Africa Footballer of the Year is the huge favourite to win the award. The 25 year-old’s performances for both club and country in this campaign has been nothing short of stellar and his role in ensuring the Pharaohs book a spot in the 2018 World Cup (since 1990) can never be ignored. The former Chelsea man has netted a total of 20 goals for Liverpool this season; the first premier league player to achieve that in all competitions this season.

CAF Coach of the Year shortlist includes Super Eagles manager Genort Rohr, Egypt’s national team coach Hector Cuper and  L’Hussein Amoutta of Casablanca
The winner will be announced at a ceremony in Accra on 4th January 2018.

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