The Egypt star reclaimed the prize this year after another brilliant season at Liverpool.
Mohamed Salah has opened up on his close defeat to Harry Kane in last season’s Golden Boot race.
The Tottenham star won the prestigious prize after scoring his 23rd goal of the season, only one more than Salah.
Bouncing back from the defeat, Salah topped both goal and assist charts in the Premier League this season. The Egyptian striker reveals last season’s loss has motivated him to push for his third Golden Boot in the English top flight.
“When I signed here I can’t say I expected myself to go on and win three golden boots,” Salah, who shared the Golden Boot with Son Heung-min, told BT Sport.
“But in the first year I was fighting with Kane at the beginning and then I said: ‘I have a big chance to win it’.
“So when I won it from Kane and he had won it two years before, I went on holiday and said: ‘Why not? you won it from Kane and he is top goalscorer, so give it a try for a second one’.
“I won it a second year and after that I said: ‘You’ve got to go for four or five’.
“For five years I’ve always competed for it, I lost last year in the last game against Kane. Last year was painful, that’s what pushed me to be who I am now this year.
“I believe that last season as a team was not really good, but to win the golden boot in the last game with one goal difference? That’s not good.
“I was so motivated, I was working like crazy in the summer. I said: ‘next year I’m going to win both things, the golden boot and assists.”
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