Salah's conquest came a year after Erling Haaland shrugged off a month on the shelf with an injury and a host of challenges to win his second-straight Golden Boot. Haaland scored 27 goals in 2023-24,

Jose Mourinho had three simple words for Anthony Gordon: "You're too much." That was what the Benfica manager told the Newcastle United forward as he embraced him at full-time at St James' Park on Tuesday.