Manchester City and Mohamed Salah end their record-breaking Premier League seasons in style

By Rachel Swatman
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Manchester City and Liverpool's Mohamed Salah have ended their remarkable Premier League seasons with a host of new records.

City not only finish the season as champions but have smashed no fewer than three records in the process to dominate the league while goalkeeper Ederson set a new record on Thursday (10 May) for the Farthest football (soccer) drop kick with 75.35 m (see more from that successful record attempt next week).

Pep Guardiola's swashbuckling City side have won their last game of the season at Southampton 1-0 on Sunday (13 May) leaving them with the records for the Most goals scored in a Premier League season (team) (106) and Highest points total in a Premier League season by a team (100) -the first team to reach 100 points in a Premier League season. 

Both titles had previously been held by Chelsea who scored 103 goals in the 2009/10 season and 95 points under Jose Mourinho in 2004/5, however the Sky Blues had already broken both records in their penultimate game of the season at home to Brighton.

Man City celebrate their title win. Credit: Shutterstock

The two new records are in addition to the 18-match winning run from earlier in the season which earned City the title for Most consecutive wins by a team in the top division of English football (soccer)..

Over at Anfield, Liverpool's Egyptian superstar, Mohamed Salah ended his season at Liverpool with two Guinness World Records titles of his own: Most goals by a football (soccer) player in an English Premier League season (38 games) and Most English Premier League football (soccer) matches scored in by an individual during a season (38 game).

Going into the final game of the season, the 25-year-old had scored 31 Premier League goals during the 2017/18 campaign, matching the achievements of Alan Shearer at Blackburn Rovers in 1995/96, Manchester United legend Cristiano Ronaldo in 2007/08 and fellow Liverpool fan-favourite, Luis Suárez, in 2013/14.

But by netting the opener against Brighton  in a 4-0 win, the recently crowned PFA Player of the Year now stands alone at the top of the pile with 32, the 24th league game he's scored in this season.

Salah has overtaken the previous 38-game record of 21 matches scored in, held jointly by Cristiano Ronaldo (2007/08) and Robin van Persie (2012/13) - both records achieved while playing for arch rivals, Manchester United.

Mo Salah can now add these Guinness World Records titles to his growing list of accolades, including several Premier League Player of the Month awards, being named in the 2017–18 PFA Team of the Year and as the 2017-18 PFA Player of the Year.

Mohamed Salah. Credit: Shutterstock 

*The English Premier League contracted from 22 teams to 20 following the 1994/95 season – the most different games scored in a 42-game EPL season is 26, by English striker Andrew Cole playing for Newcastle United in 1993/94.