Salah, Kane reboot rivalry

It appears Harry Kane and Mohamed Salah have some company as they vie for the second straight season to be top scorer in the Premier League.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was the Bundesliga’s leading marksman in his last full season in German soccer and he’s proving to be just as prolific in England. Aubameyang reached 14 this season by scoring Arsenal’s fourth in a 4-1 win over Fulham on Tuesday.

The Gabon striker has been an unqualified success with 23 league goals in barely11months.

He might need to keep up that rate of scoring to stay in contention for the Golden Boot.

Kaneis tied with Aubameyang atop the charts after scoring the goal that set Tottenham on its way to a 3-0 win at Cardiff.

That result moved Tottenham back into second place, one point above Manchester City and six behind Liverpool.

Liverpool’s Salah is currently one behind Kane and Aubameyang with 13. Tottenham 3, Cardiff 0: With his goal against Cardiff, Kane has scored in all four games over this festive period.

Christian Eriksen and Son Heung-min added further goals for Spurs. Arsenal 4, Fulham 1: With another big win over Fulham, Arsenal bounced back from its mauling at Anfield just three days earlier.

This was as convincing and one-sided as Arsenal’s 5-1loss to Liverpool, which underlined the gulf that still exists between Unai Emery’s new-look team and the division’s genuine title contenders.

Granit Xhaka gave Arsenal a first-half lead that was added to by Alexandre Lacazette’s closerange finish 11 minutes after the break.

Goals by Aaron Ramsey and Aubameyang wrapped up the win after Fulham substitute Aboubakar Kamara briefly made it 2-1.

It matched Fulham’s heaviest loss since Claudio Ranieri took charge in late November and kept the London team in nextto-last place. Leicester 1, Everton 0: Thanks to a 58th-minute goal by Jamie Vardy, Leicester sealed a third win in four matches.