Liverpool forward Muhammad Salah did not win the FIFA best player award on Monday, but he di d win the Puskas (goal of the season) award for his goal against Everton.
Real Madrid’s Luka Modric won the award with 29.05 percent of the votes, while Juventus’ forward Cristiano Ronaldo received 19.08 percent and Salah got 11.23 percent of the votes.
Despite losing out on the best player award, Salah did manage to not go empty handed and was awarded the Puskas – award given to scorer of the best voted goal of the season.
Salah’s goal vs Everton that won him the Puskas
However, this did not sit well with many football fans. A number of people believed that Salah did not deserve to win the award and that it should have gone to Ronaldo for his effort against Juventus.
Here is what Twitter thinks above Salah’s goal
‘Worst decision ever’ says one Twitter user, adding that Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale’s champions league strikes were more deserving.
Honestly, that has to be the worst decision to even consider Salah’s goal as a Puskas candidate. Undeserved when Ronaldo/Bale scored a crazier goal.
— Muhammad Sufiyan (@MSufiyanD) September 25, 2018
‘There are at least 20 better goals than Salah’s’
https://twitter.com/DohukyMD3/status/1044351421167136768
‘Joke of the year’
Muhammad Salah winning the Fifa award for Goal of the Year gotta be the Joke or the Year!
— Okhuosi Ernest (@Iam_Erneee) September 24, 2018
‘Arjen Robben has scored hundreds of goals like that’
Arjen Robben would have hundreds of Puskas for scoring the similar goal that Salah did. But you know, Egypt have 80 million citizens. Egyptians everywhere.
— Muhammad Sidqi (@SidqiJR) September 25, 2018
‘Greatest robbery in history’
https://twitter.com/EmmMuhammad/status/1044461436569817089
‘Scam’
#FIFAFootballAwards Salah goal was a scam it doesn't suppose to be in the top 10 FIFA AWARDS
— Rabiu Abdulwahab (@daegwee) September 24, 2018
We will leave it for you the decide. Here are the goals of Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale, which were also nominated for the award but just came short.
Ronaldo’s goal vs Juventus
Bale’s goal vs Liverpool (UCL)
Who do you think deserved the award? Write in the comments section below