CRISTIANO RONALDO’S remarkable overhead kick goal lost out to Mohamed Salah for the Champions League goal of the round.
The Portuguese sensation bagged one of the competition’s greatest ever goals when he launched himself in the air to volley past Gianluigi Buffon in their quarter-final tie against Juventus.
The 33-year-old’s piece of brilliance stunned the footballing world – but what is more shocking is that fans believe Salah scored one better.
The Liverpool sensation chipped in at the Etihad to help seal Liverpool’s progress to the semis ahead of Manchester City in the 5-1 aggregate victory.
Salah found space in the box and produced a composed dink over Ederson to beg a crucial away goal.
And the Egyptian received 39 per cent of the votes, nine per cent more than the Real Madrid superstar.
While Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s thunderbolt came third with 14 per cent of the vote.
Uefa claim that thousands of fans cast their votes across the world rather than just on Merseyside, highlighting the huge global appeal that Salah has on supporters.
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Salah’s strike was his eighth of the season in Europe’s premier club competition – seven fewer than Ronaldo’s sensational 15-goal haul.
The Ballon d’Or rivals could also go head to head in May’s final in Kiev, after Liverpool and Madrid were kept apart in the last-four draw on Friday.
Salah, 25, will come up against former side Roma, while the two-time defending champions face Bayern Munich.
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