Sky Sports fantasy football pundit Cameron Hogwood eulogises over Mohamed Salah’s unbelievable season
Sky Sports Fantasy Football – Salah’s incredible fantasy football season
A landmark Sky Sports Fantasy Football points haul has combined with multiple goal records in failing to evade the ruthlessness of Mohamed Salah.
It begs the question as to how he compares to Luis Suarez’s empathic 2013/2014 campaign, in which the Uruguayan spearheaded Liverpool’s second-placed finish.
Wide-spread doubts that greeted the Egyptian upon his return to England have since been diffused by an unimaginable feat in front of goal.
The Premier League’s leading scoring boasts the highest Sky Sports Fantasy Football points total on record – with seven games still to be played.
A devastating four-goal performance in the recent 5-0 hammering of Watford served as something of a natural occurrence within a prolific streak that has threatened no signs of fading away. The main surprise was that it had taken until March for the 25-year-old to register his first hat-trick for the Reds.
Four goals, an assist and an inevitable Man of the Match award entwined to help generate 36 points, propelling him to an unrivalled 329 for the season.
The former Roma man has logged 15 games in which he has produced at least 10 points, reflecting his consistency across 30 league outings.
Besides flaunting a goals tally superior to orthodox centre-forwards in Harry Kane and Sergio Aguero, Salah’s campaign has been glossed by an added 10 assists – which put him one ahead of notable string-pullers in Christian Eriksen, David Silva and Mesut Ozil.
Credit must be spared for the scouting team on Merseyside responsible for pinpointing Salah as a perfect fit for Jurgen Klopp’s tactical approach and footballing philosophies.
The Kop’s newest hero has prospered in his manager’s interchanging system, injecting a blend of final-third conviction with a bonus invention evidenced by the regularity at which he feeds the likes of Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane.
His 36 goals across all competitions surpasses the 31 Suarez notched as Liverpool came agonisingly close to lifting the title, although it’s worth noting the latter’s strikes all arrived in the league.
Interestingly, Suarez was able to fashion such a record despite missing the first five Premier League games of his season as part of a 10 game ban for biting Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic.
The Barcelona hitman can also acclaim to achieving what Salah was able to last time out, having bagged four in one game against a Norwich side he scored against 12 times in six appearances during his Anfield stint.
Salah’s total has been boosted by his Fantasy Football status as a midfielder, which grants him six points for every goal compared to the five Suarez warranted as a striker, while his tally has also benefitted from the additional shots and passing bonus points in the current game.
What rightly elevates the value of Salah’s figures is the fact they have stemmed from a right-winger on paper, regardless of his tendency to drift centrally.
With games still to be played and a top-four finish still to be consolidated, Salah will be looking to compound his campaign as the greatest ever seen in the Premier League.
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