Premier League 2018/19 Golden Boot: Top Contenders at the start of May 2019

Modified May 03, 2019 21:36 GMT

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#7 Raheem Sterling (England, Manchester City) 🢀 🢂

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The Englishman has been fantastic for Manchester City this season and has, quite deservedly, won both the Football Writers’ Association Player of the Year and the Professional Footballers’ Association Young Player of the Year Award so far. He had a decent month of April and is still among the contenders for the Golden Boot this season.

Sterling started the month on the bench, as an unused substitute in the 2-0 win over Cardiff City at home. He returned to the first team for the next game, against Crystal Palace and scored a brace to help his team win 3-1. Since then, Sterling has started in all of City’s last three games in the Premier League, but has failed to score.

The English has found the back of the net 17 times from 32 games this season and has even registered 10 assists so far. He is currently averaging a goal every 153 minutes played and is 7th among the top contenders for the Premier League Golden Boot.

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