Son Heung-min has given a huge boost to the Liverpool star Mohamed Salah In the race to win the Golden Boot in the Premier League.
Tottenham’s Son is Salah’s closest rival for the Golden Boot, trailing him by just one goal difference, but the South Korean insist he is not worried about personal awards and would be happy to trade anything in return for qualification to the… Champions League next season.
Tottenham put pressure on Arsenal by winning the derby in north London yesterday evening, with three goals without a response, two games before the end of the current season.
When asked if he was happy with his goal against Arsenal that brought him closer to Salah in the Golden Boot race, Son said: “It doesn’t matter.”
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He added in comments published by the English newspaper “Mirror”: “Obviously it is good to race to become a top scorer, that is 100% certain, but I have said several times that it is more important to occupy the top four than anything else.”
Tottenham meets Burnley and Norwich City, while Liverpool awaits two matches against Southampton and Wolverhampton.