The best player at the present time = Salah, the worst disappointing team = Tottenham Legend's EPL Mid-term Settlement Best Awards

Jan 29, 2025

Mohamed Salah (left) and Tottenham manager Angie Postecoglou. REUTERS Yonhap News

"The best player this season is Mohamed Salah, the most disappointing team is Tottenham."

Sky Sports commentator Jamie Carragher awarded the award on the 29th (Korea time) by selecting a subjective 'Best' through the YouTube 'The Overlap' channel at a time when the English Premier League (EPL) played 22 to 23 out of 38 games in the 2024-2025 season.

출처=THE OVERLAP

Carragher selected Liverpool's Mohamed Salah, who did not hide his fans' feelings as the best player so far this season. Salah has scored 19 goals in 13 Premier League matches alone, leading Liverpool's top run with a brilliant performance of 'scoring leadership'.

As the best young player, he pointed to the 22-year-old Chelsea ace who has shown a crazy performance of 14 goals and 6 assists in the league. On September 15 last year, Aston Villa's Colombian striker John Duran's long-range cannonball shot in the 31st minute of the second half shook the net as his best goal of the season.

Aston Villa's Jhon Duran

Underdog's rebellion surprised EPL fans Nunu Espiritu Santo's Nottingham was cited as the 'Stormy Team'. Nottingham ranks third (44 points) in the league after Liverpool (53 points) and Arsenal (47 points). Nottingham's signing of defender Nikola Milenkovic from Fiorentina was also considered the best transfer in the league.

He also picked Andoni Iraola, a former coach of Spain's Rayo Bayecano, as the best coach so far this season. On the other hand, the most disappointing team Carragher picked was Tottenham. In this season, when head coach Angie Postecoglou was in her second year as head coach, Tottenham vowed to compete for the championship, but failed to bring victory in the last seven league games due to line injuries and poor conditions in the defense line, including Mickey van der Pen, and quickly fell to 15th place in the league, losing 13 out of 23 games.

Carragher scapegoated Tottenham in their best game of the season. Liverpool beat Tottenham 6-3 in December last year thanks to back-to-back goals from Luis Diaz, Salah, Alexis McAllister and Dominique Sobosley.

Reporter Jeon Young-ji sky4us@sportschosun.com

◇Jamie Carragher's EPL Best Awards (23 rounds so far)

▶Best Player Award =Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)

▶Young Player Award =Call Palmer (Chelsea)

▶Best Director Award = Andoni Iraola (Bonemouth)

▶Surprise Team = Nottingham Forest

▶Best disappointment team = Tottenham

▶Best goal = John Duran vs Everton

▶Best transfer = Nikola Milenkovic to Nottingham Forest

▶Best game = Tottenham 3-6 Liverpool

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.