When we hear the football word, the first thing that comes to our mind is "Goal". The word Goal is attached with another word Striker. A Striker's first priority is scoring goals. In the modern era of football, we have witnessed some exceptional strikers throughout the world. Premier League is considered the best football league in the world. If a striker needs to prove his goal-scoring ability, there is hardly any other stage to prove it. Premier League 2023-24 season is witnessing the performances of some phenomenal strikers.
From the start, the Premier League was the place to see goal scorers. The way the league has evolved over time has brought a huge variety in the styles of strikers. Premier League had some strikers who made their goal-scoring ability a piece of art. The English league has witnessed the Greatness of "Alan Shearer", "Thierry Henry", "Wayne Rooney", "Dennis Bergkamp", "Andrew Cole", "Didier Drogba", "Eric Cantona" & many more Legends of Football. In recent times, Premier League is observing even more who are going to share the place with the legends in the upcoming years. Let's go through the 2023-24 top 5 goal scorers list of the Premier League.
Premier League 2023-24 Stats: Top Goal Scorers
Erling Braut Haaland is a sensation. He joined Manchester City from Borussia Dortmund in the 2022 summer transfer window for a record fee. Haaland was scoring goals in the Bundesliga for fun. The football pundits commented on his injury record and the value of the Bundesliga League.
They didn't consider the German League as a top-tier league because of the dominance of only a single club. Premier League is a place where one can prove himself right because of the attraction it has gained over the last time period.
Erling Haaland started his journey with a storm like a man on a mission and he did end up with Golden Boot Award, scoring 36 goals in 35 matches. He also started this season in hurry and have already scored 18 goals in 22 appearances for Manchester City. The season have gone past its halfway and he is in touching distance to winning Golden Boot. If the Norwegian continues his goal scoring prowess, then he can break his own record too.
Ollie Watkins was only providing assists during the early stages of the season, but now proving an all-round threat. Aston Villa is sitting in the top 4 right now and lots of its credit goes to Watkins. Watkins has already scored 16 goals in the Premier League 2023-24 season. He also owns 10 assists.
The English International is the first player to reach 25-plus goals involvement (26) in the Premier League 2023-24 season. Playing his 136th Premier League match, Watkins has raced to a total of 56 Premier League goals. He also owns 23 assists.
Mohamed Salah owns the third spot for now with 15 goals to his name. The Egyptian winger hasn't disappointed Klopp so far since making his debut in 2017. He is once again producing a brilliant season, helping Liverpool charge for the title. Salah has also contributed with 9 assists so far this season. This is going to be Klopp's last season in Liverpool and Salah would very much like to bid him goodbye with plenty of goals and trophies.
Jarrod Bowen scored his first English Premier League hat trick for West Ham when they beat Brentford 4-2 recently. Bowen is a huge threat for any opposition team as he is both a goal scorer and a creator. He can threaten the opposition defence constantly with his pace and skill. The English International has already contributed with 14 goals and 3 assists. Gareth Southgate now has so many options to choose upon for the Euros and before that, Bowen would like to continue his brilliant goal scoring form.
Dominic Solanke registered a brilliant 13 goal contributions in the top flight last season and he is continuing that this season too. Solanke is scoring goals for fun and he is leading Bournemouth from the front. Solanke has also contributed with 14 goals and 3 assists. Another English International who is in fine form this season.
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