The performance of the British football theatre has just come to an end.The Premier League was supplying astonishing evenings every week making us witness some historical events.Particularly, in EPL this yearwere broken a lot of records, occurred dozens of memorable matches andin the world of Fantasy managersmaintained record numbersthanks to the endless goals of Mohammad Salah and Harry Kane
Talking about personal records in a detailed view, firstly it is important to mention 32 goals-tally of Mo Salah. Alongside with Harry Kane they fulfilled the row of Alan Shearer, Kevin Philips, Thierry Henry, Cristiano Ronaldo,Robin van Persieand Luis Suarezbecoming a member of 30-goals club.
Player |
Club and Season |
Amount of goals |
Mohammad Salah |
Liverpool, 17-18 |
32 |
Harry Kane |
Spurs, 17-18 |
30 |
Luis Suarez |
Liverpool, 13-14 |
31 |
Robin van Persie |
Arsenal, 11-12 |
30 |
Cristiano Ronaldo |
Manchester United, 07-08 |
31 |
Thierry Henry |
Arsenal, 03-04 |
30 |
Kevin Philips |
Sunderland, 99-00 |
30 |
Alan Shearer |
Blackburn, 95-96 |
31 |
Alongside with his all achievements, Salah broke all the records of the FPL world as well delivering 303 points to the all managers who trusted Egyptian during his performances (Click the link if you have no clue about fantasy https://sport.news.am/arm/news/88008/fantasy-what-is-pablo-escobars-contribution-to-the-world-sport?.html).
Harry Kane who appeared to be in the shades of Salah, though had a blast with Egyptian. 17/18 season was the first one in 38 game seasons when two players managed to find the net at least 30 times.Egyptian ace’s staggering performance made everyone to give a cold shoulder to the conquering side of Pep Guardiola.The astronomical money spent by Arabs contributed bald Spaniard to be the pioneer in claiming 3 digit points in one season. Some pundits made a throwback to 03/04 season and compared Pep’s astounding season with Wenger’s ‘’Les Invincibles’’ season, when French coach did never concede any defeat. Pundits sang some praise songs to Pep insisting that 100 points may seem much more impossible to achieve than staying ‘’virgin’’ throughout all season. Above all, the youth attack of Blues spearheaded by Kun Aguero broke their own set record, that is, scoring 106 goals which no team was capable of doingbefore.
This year’s British football was full of goals and with its peculiar players flourishing in particular parts of the season. Say, the Austrian midfielder of the Hammer’s Marco Arnautovic and Ivorian striker of the Eagles Wilfred Zaha supplied some pivotal wins helping their mother clubs to survive. Zaha’s game was so impressive he was awarded the Player of the month prize in April by EA Sports. This prolific season, could not just pass dull in the FPL world, where the goals are the only things appealing to the managers.In the last gameweek an Arabian manager Jusuff Sheikh (2512 points) claimed the most desirable crown in the FPL, by miraculously beating famous FPL recordsman Bharat Dhoddy. Jusuff triple captained Mo Salah in the dying minutes and thanks to the record-breaking goal of the Egyptian and an adjacent assist to his stats, Jusuff managed to fill the gap between him and 2 managers: Paul Gee and Bharat Dhoddy, who were beaten by 8 and 12 points, respectively. So, Jusuff Sheich will get his VIP hospitalization twice during his favorite team’s matches and some other precious gifts.In Aremnia, the dominating FPL leagues is organized by premierleague.am and you can join immediately after the 18/19 season FPL game is released and battle for your favorite team’s merchandise, which is given to the manager with highest points in the league.
Long story short, 17/18 season of England has just ended. Ended with the farewell of Arsene Wenger,with the failure of Mkhitaryan, with Salah’s perfectpoker banging Watford, with Chelsea’s defamation and of course with tiny Sean Dyche’s unexpected 7th spot finish, which will send Clarets to their 1st ever 21st century European trip. And for us-passionate fans of British football it is left to sit tight for 3 months until Premier League theme song will penetrate into our ears and our favorite team will start winning again.
David Khachatryan
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