MO SALAH is surely heading for a Ballon d’Or shootout with Cristiano Ronaldo.
And if Real Madrid slip up against Bayern Munich in their Champions League semi-final then they should just hand the crown to Liverpool’s Egyptian King.
Mo Salah was in incredible form as he scored two and made two for Liverpool in their Champions League win over RomaEPA Salah dinks the ball over Alisson for Liverpool’s and his second of the nightREUTERS
It would be a fitting climax to the season if the Reds and Real met in Kiev on May 26.
Not least because it would give Salah the chance to go head to head with Ronaldo, the current holder of the award who has won it five times in the 10 years that he and Lionel Messi have made it their own private duel.
The Real Madrid star has scored more goals than Salah in this season’s Champions League, some of them spectacular and some of them absolutely crucial, like that ice-cool stoppage-time penalty against Juventus in the quarter final second leg.
But not even Ronaldo has ever scored two and made two in a Champions League semi-final as Salah (and then Roberto Firmino) did last night.
Salah is mobbed by his team-mates after scoring in the huge Champions League tieREUTERS Jurgen Klopp pumps his arms in celebration as Liverpool smash five past Roma at AnfieldAP:Associated Press
In fact, no-one had ever done it before.
The Liverpool forward is now top of the charts for goals scored across all competitions this season, his 43 putting him one ahead of Ronaldo ahead of Real’s clash with Bayern tonight.
That said, the award is, or should be, about more than stats.
And Salah has captured the imagination of the football world.
Cristiano Ronaldo has been in brilliant form for Real Madrid in recent monthsAP:Associated Press Ronaldo scored one of the great all-time Champions League goals against JuventusEPA Ronaldo tore off his shirt to celebrate scoring against Juventus in the previous roundAFP OR LICENSORS
Ronaldo is continuing to do what he has always done and so his achievements, a little unfairly, have slightly less impact these days.
Salah has inspired another of the sport’s grand old clubs to relive its sparkling history with a level of performance which has surprised as much as it has delighted.
When it has mattered, such as in both legs of the quarter final against Manchester City and last night against Roma, he has produced moments of sublime skill and composure to make the difference.
Salah’s smile, and the songs and wigs that celebrate him, have lit up the season.
A Champions League final would be a fitting stage for him to state his credentials to break the Ronaldo and Messi domination of the Ballon d’Or since 2008.
And watching Ronaldo busting a finely-chiselled gut to stop Salah succeeding him, in the showpiece occasion of the club season, would be a treat.
Mohamed Salah scored his 37th goal of the season in all competitions as Liverpool came from behind to secure a vital 2-1 victory at Crystal Palace. Sadio Mane had scored the Reds’ equalising goal before being fortunate to avoid a red card, and the visitors capitalised by securing all three points with Salah’s 84th-minute effort …
Joe Gomez: Mohamed Salah’s impact ‘indescribable’ Salah has scored 36 goals in all competitions this year. By Carl Markham, Press Association Sport 18 March 2018 Defender Joe Gomez admits Liverpool’s players enjoy watching forward Mohamed Salah in full flow as much as their fans do. The Egypt international became the first Reds player since Luis …
The attacker has already won the individual accolade twice this season, in November and December. For a hat-trick of the monthly award, he has to do battle with five other outstanding players. Salah made four league appearances for the Anfield outfit during March, scoring six goals including a haul of four in a 5-0 humiliation …
Mohamed Salah has been shortlisted for the Uefa Champions League Player of the Week award after his impressive display in Liverpool’s 3-0 victory over Manchester City in the first leg of their quarter-final tie The Egypt international got the curtain raiser and assisted Sadio Mane with the third goal to help Jurgen Klopp’s men to …
Mohamed Salah deserves Ballon d’Or over Cristiano Ronaldo… he’s captured the imagination of football
MO SALAH is surely heading for a Ballon d’Or shootout with Cristiano Ronaldo.
And if Real Madrid slip up against Bayern Munich in their Champions League semi-final then they should just hand the crown to Liverpool’s Egyptian King.
It would be a fitting climax to the season if the Reds and Real met in Kiev on May 26.
Not least because it would give Salah the chance to go head to head with Ronaldo, the current holder of the award who has won it five times in the 10 years that he and Lionel Messi have made it their own private duel.
The Real Madrid star has scored more goals than Salah in this season’s Champions League, some of them spectacular and some of them absolutely crucial, like that ice-cool stoppage-time penalty against Juventus in the quarter final second leg.
But not even Ronaldo has ever scored two and made two in a Champions League semi-final as Salah (and then Roberto Firmino) did last night.
In fact, no-one had ever done it before.
The Liverpool forward is now top of the charts for goals scored across all competitions this season, his 43 putting him one ahead of Ronaldo ahead of Real’s clash with Bayern tonight.
DAVE KIDD As for Mo Salah, no Egyptian has screwed the Romans quite like this since Clopatra was in her pomp
That said, the award is, or should be, about more than stats.
And Salah has captured the imagination of the football world.
Ronaldo is continuing to do what he has always done and so his achievements, a little unfairly, have slightly less impact these days.
Salah has inspired another of the sport’s grand old clubs to relive its sparkling history with a level of performance which has surprised as much as it has delighted.
When it has mattered, such as in both legs of the quarter final against Manchester City and last night against Roma, he has produced moments of sublime skill and composure to make the difference.
Salah’s smile, and the songs and wigs that celebrate him, have lit up the season.
A Champions League final would be a fitting stage for him to state his credentials to break the Ronaldo and Messi domination of the Ballon d’Or since 2008.
And watching Ronaldo busting a finely-chiselled gut to stop Salah succeeding him, in the showpiece occasion of the club season, would be a treat.
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