Who would top the Premier League Golden Boot ranks if penalties didn’t count
Sadio Mane has been brilliant in recent weeks. Nobody has scored more Premier League goals from open play this season than Mane(16).
Removing his goals from the equation would see Liverpool draw with Palace and Burnley while suffering shock defeats at the hands of Leicester and West Ham.
Scoring from open play is a much harder task than a penalty kick from 12 yards.
Givemesport adjusted the rankings of the Premier League’s top scorers by taking the number of penalties they’ve scored away from their overall total and the biggest loser is Eden Hazard who tumbles from seventh in the rankings to a full two goals outside of the top ten.
Sadio Mane - 16 goals Sergio Aguero - 16 goalsRaheem Sterling - 15 goals Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - 14 goals Mohamed Salah - 14 goalsHarry Kane - 13 goalsRomelu Lukaku - 12 goalsAlexandre Lacazette - 11 goalsSon Heung-Min - 11 goalsRicharlison - 11 goals