Mohamed Salah and Lewandowski pegged back in European Golden Boot race 

The struggle has become intense among the most prominent candidates to win the Golden Boot as the top scorer in the five major leagues, the Polish star Robert Lewandowski, the top scorer of the Bundesliga, and the Egyptian Mohamed Salah, the top scorer in the English Premier League. The Polish Robert Lewandowski, Bayern Munich's top scorer, climbed to third place with 32 points from 16 goals, and the ranking of the top candidates for the award is advanced.
While the Egyptian Mohamed Salah, the Liverpool striker, the top scorer in the English Premier League, climbed to seventh place with 26 points from 13 goals, and occupied the Czech Patrick Cech, the Bayer Leverkusen striker, the French Karim Benzema, the Real Madrid striker, the top scorer in the Spanish League, and the Serbian Dusan Vlahovic, the Fiorentina striker. Serie A top scorer, eighth with 24 points from 12 goals.
The Norwegian striker Erling Haaland, Borussia Dortmund striker, Italian Shero Immobile, Lazio striker, and Canadian Jonathan David, Lille striker and top scorer in the French League, have 22 points from 11 goals.
Real Madrid striker, the Brazilian Vinicius Junior, and the Spanish Real Betis striker Juan Miguel Lopez have 20 points from 10 goals.
Lewandowski was crowned last year's Golden Boot award, which has been given since 1968 to the best scorer in European leagues.
Bayern Munich's top scorer last season 2020-2021 in the Bundesliga scored 41 goals in 29 matches, breaking the record for the number of goals scored in one season recorded in the name of the late Bayern Munich star "Al Bomber", who previously achieved in the 1971-1972 season with 40 goals.
The European Golden Shoe points are calculated as follows: For the five major leagues (Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Italy), the number of goals is multiplied by 2.
For leagues ranked from 6 to 22, the number of goals is multiplied by 1.5.
 **For the rest of the leagues, the number of points equals the number of goals. Top five league scorers: 
**1 - Robert Lewandowski, Bayern Munich: 16 goals - 32 points