Despite Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s best efforts against Watford, Jamie Vardy‘s 23 league goals mean that he became the oldest player to win the Premier League golden boot.
That’s despite him not even really turning up against Man Utd.
Commiserations go out to Danny Ings, whose late penalty against Sheffield United ensured he joined Aubameyang on 22 goals for the season. Raheem Sterling (20) and Mohamed Salah (19) just had too much to do
Golden glove
Ederson‘s 16th clean sheet of the season, on a day where Nick Pope experienced the unfamiliar feeling of conceding a goal, meant that he wrestled the golden glove from the vice-like grip of Brazilian compatriot Alisson.
The Liverpool keeper kept one fewer, despite playing seven fewer games; but that probably just highlights why stats are a nonsense, especially as they pertain to keepers.
Kevin De Bruyne makes most Assists
20 assists in a single season is quite a stupid number that has only once been matched by Thierry Henry – and he was quite good as you might remember.
De Bruyne was followed (though not that closely) by Liverpool full-backs Trent Alexander-Arnold (13) and Andy Robertson (12) – though the latter’s ‘assist’ for Divock Origi, a square pass before the big striker raced inside and thumped one into the far corner, can barely be described as that.
