Just like the Golden Boot and Golden Glove, the combat to win the 2021/22 Premier League Playmaker of the Season went right down to the ultimate day.
The award remains to be pretty new and was first launched for the 2017/8 marketing campaign when it was received by Kevin De Bruyne who managed 16 assists.
Eden Hazard then received it in 2018/19 incomes 15, with KDB claiming again his crown in 2019/20 by helping a record-equalling 20 instances.
This was adopted by Harry Kane, considerably bizarrely, turning into the primary non-Belgian star to win the award final season when he managed 14 assists.
Kane, although, was not within the working for the award in 2021/22 and neither was De Bruyne.
As an alternative, forward of gameweek 38, Liverpool teammates Trent Alexander-Arnold and Mohamed Salah have been preventing it out for the award.
Alexander-Arnold kicked off vs Wolves on 12 assists, one off the all-time report for many assists by a defender in a single season, which is a report held by the Englishman. Mohamed Salah, in the meantime, sat on 13 assists.
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Salah didn’t begin vs Wolves, which gave TAA the benefit. Nevertheless, Salah did come on late within the tie and scored for his facet.
Neither of the Egyptian nor Alexander-Arnold supplied an help on Sunday, nevertheless, with Thiago helping Sadio Mane and Joel Matip establishing Salah. Consequently, Mo Salah has received the 2021/22 Playmaker of the Season award.
Salah was additionally named the Premier League Golden Boot winner on Sunday however needed to share that award with Tottenham star, Heung-min Son.