Mohamed Salah has beaten Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo to the 2018 Puskas Award with his strike against Everton after winning 38% votes.
With snow falling to set a dramatic scene in a game which needs no extra theatre, Mo Salah conjured a moment of artistic brilliance that would have looked at home on the finest of stages.
The ‘Egyptian King’, as he has been dubbed by the Liverpool faithful, controlled the ball exquisitely after receiving a pass on the Reds’ right from Joe Gomez and immediately wriggled free of Cuco Martina – spinning clear of his marker before dribbling into the penalty area.
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Then came the moment that stole the show, a curling left-footed shot that finished high inside the far corner of Jordan Pickford’s net. The goal was not just aesthetically pleasing, but hugely important, helping the red half of Merseyside claim a point in a 1-1 draw against their bitter rivals.
Fans from around the world had their say and chose Salah’s superb effort as the winner of the 2018 FIFA Puskás Award.
The ten nominees for the FIFA Puskas Award are as below:
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Gareth Bale
UEFA Champions League: Real Madrid 2-1 Liverpool
Denis Cheryshev
2018 FIFA World Cup: Russia 1-0 Croatia
Lazaros Christodoulopoulos
Superleague Greece: AEK Athens 2-2 Olympiacos
Giorgian De Arrascaeta
Campeonato Mineiro: Cruzeiro 1-0 América Mineiro
Riley McGree
A-League: Newcastle Jets 1-1 Melbourne City
Lionel Messi
FIFA World Cup: Argentina 1-0 Nigeria
Benjamin Pavard
World Cup: France 2-2 Argentina
Ricardo Quaresma
World Cup: Portugal 1-0 Iran
Cristiano Ronaldo
Champions League: Real Madrid 2-0 Juventus
Mohamed Salah
Premier League: Liverpool 1-0 Everton
stifmister343
377
how😨😨I think bale deserved this...who agrees
WilliamWiggins
352
Salah's goal is something you can get any week in Premier league.
Robcmnost
249
FIFA award got no credibility again...
Miles20
245
what a joke. all the other goals nominated were way better. since its by vote 💁🙅
Yizbdnprsu
221
even FIFA need video assistant referee.... how can Salah win pukas award where is Ronaldo and Bale incredible acrobatic goals this is unfair judgement and I knew people can't vote for this goal they only want to compaset Salah and bribe his mind away
Kaf123
115
Ronaldo and Bale's goals are goals that deserved the awards too but remember it's voting and Mo Salah's goal was equally magnificent
Sosdkmpstz
105
That’s good for African Football & Congratulations to Salah, but in my opinion there are some better goals than his!!! Wonder who voted???
Vupdekmnry
103
Joke 1..... Ronaldo's Red card 😂😂 Joke 2..... Mo Salah gets the pulas 😂😂 .............more to come guyz....football at its best 👎👎
doblmpu
103
am a Liverpool fan but i dont think salah deserves that award.it was a great goal tho but some goal nominated were far better. i just think they wanted to guve it to him to compensate him for the ballon d or cus i dont think he will get it. congrats tho
yuacloy
83
only this goal deserve it..
oladipulo
82
😂😂😂 really no better goal than that this year...there is only three things that can explain this: 1. goals were boring last season, 2. There was a technical problem when revealing the winning goal, putting this by mistake 3. Fifa is really high on cheap weed
BabaNla_14
68
FIFA don't want u to go empty handed......
Bianconeripool07
46
Congratulations Mo Salah. Not only was he a consistent scorer last season, he also scored worldies. In particular, I think of his winning goal and his goal against Roma. Many others too.
sibaekloru
44
Realistically, comparing Messi's performance in 2017/2018 with that of Salah's, which of them deserved nomination? MESSI like Salah had to perform magic with hattrick against Ecuador to make sure that Argentina qualified for the world cup! MESSI outscored every player in Europe, which won him both the pichichi and the European golden boot awards; Salah only won EPL golden boot!! MESSI won two trophies last season, Laliga and Copa del rey; Mohammed Salah won no trophy with his team!!! Eventhough Both players failed at the world cup, MESSI managed to reach the quarter finals with Argentina, a feet better than Salah's group stage exit with Egypt!!! Yes Salah performed better and scored more goals in only the Uefa Champions league than MESSI; but generally, did Salah outperformed MESSI??? Considering the outlined realities??? I really think both Uefa and Fifa are losing credibility!!!
subek_mgr
38
Joke of the decade 😂😂
Cowacdkmpu
19
Salah's goal is something you can get any week in Premier league.
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