Di Premier League season don finish, so time don reach to give out di prizes. Manchester City no fit win di title, but dem still get something to celebrate for Etihad Stadium on di final day.
Erling Haaland collect di golden boot after finish as di league top scorer. Di Norway striker score 27 goals for 35 games, five more than di next person, Igor Thiago of Brentford.
Haaland don win di golden boot three times for four seasons since he join City. Only Arsenal legend Thierry Henry and Liverpool great Mohamed Salah, wey don win am four times each, get more di award.
Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya win di golden glove award as di keeper wit di most clean sheets. Na di third season for row di Spain man don take di award, wit 18 shutouts dis campaign, four more than Manchester City Gianluigi Donnarumma.
Meanwhile, di playmaker award for di player wit di most assists go to Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes. Di Portugal midfielder set up record 21 goals for im teammates, one more than di previous best tally of 20 wey Henry and former City man Kevin de Bruyne hold.
Erling Haaland make history again. Although City fail to win di Premier League for Pep Guardiola final season, di Norwegian no come empty-handed. Di 25-year-old striker win di Golden Boot as di league top scorer for di third time for im career, and wit dis new trophy, for just four seasons for England, he don reach milestone wey only Harry Kane and Alan Shearer reach before.
Despite missing Guardiola final match, wey City lose 2-1 for home to Aston Villa, Erling win im third Golden Boot after score 27 goals for 35 matches. Dis tally enough to secure di award, edging out Igor Thiago (22 for Brentford) and Antoine Semenyo (16 for Crystal Palace and City).
Furthermore, wit dis numbers, Erling match di three Golden Boots wey Harry Kane and Alan Shearer win, two Premier League legends. Only Mohamed Salah and Thierry Henry remain ahead of di City striker, both wit four awards.
Dis latest award join im oda two Golden Boots, wey he win for 2022-23, when he score 36 goals and be Premier League Player of di Year, and for 2023-24, again wit 27 goals. In addition to im league stats, di forward finish di season wit 38 goals for 52 official matches, reaffirming im place among di most dominant strikers for world soccer.
For Manchester City, im numbers dey impressive: 162 goals for 198 matches. To put dat for perspective, Sergio Agüero, di team all-time leading scorer wit 260 goals, need 10 seasons to reach dat total. For di Premier League, Haaland already get 112 goals and dey 50 goals behind Jermain Defoe (162) to enter di Top 10 all-time scorers.
Looking ahead, di City striker go focus on im first World Cup and lead Norway for Group I, where dem go face France, Senegal, and Iraq, wit whom dem go make dem debut on June 16. Afterward, Haaland go return to Manchester to lead a new era without Guardiola. Erling contract wit di team expire for 2034.
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