Liberian forward Weah picked up the individual prize back then but no African player has won it since.
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Klopp shrugged off questions over Sadio Mane’s future but did express concerns over the quality of the surface at Friday’s press conference.
English side Liverpool will be gunning for a seventh Champions League title on the back of a season that has seen them win two domestic trophies already.
With Ben White and Gabriel fit to start, Mikel Arteta would have hoped to rely on some defensive solidity from his team but Aaron Ramsdale almost had the ball taken off his toe by Miguel Almiron after eight minutes before White went in the book for a lunge moments later.
That was just ahead of beaten finalist Manchester City, which received just over 119 million euros ($125.6 million)
An agreement has been reached in Vienna between UEFA and the European Club Association on access to the new-look competition.
The three were the only founding clubs not to renounce the widely-derided Super League after the breakaway project’s collapse in April 2021.
Manchester City led 1-0 on the night and 5-3 on aggregate when Riyad Mahrez scored after 73 minutes.
The win secured a 5-2 aggregate victory after the night had threatened to turn sour for Juergen Klopp’s side.
Salah spoke after Liverpool clinched their place in the showpiece occasion at the Stade de France later this month.
Speculation over Pochettino’s future in the French capital has swirled since PSG were eliminated from the Champions League by Real Madrid in the Round of 16, despite holding a 2-0 aggregate lead at half-time of the second leg.
Villarreal defended in numbers in the first half to frustrate the six-times European Cup winners, with Thiago Alcantara going closest to breaking the deadlock with a thunderous strike from distance that hit the post.
The Premier League leaders raced into a 2-0 lead in a pulsating first-leg encounter with goals from the irrepressible Kevin De Bruyne and Gabriel Jesus in the first 11 minutes.
Boasting a 3-1 lead from the first leg at the Estadio da Luz, Ibrahima Konate made lightning strike twice against Benfica – rising highest in the 21st minute to put Liverpool in the ascendancy.
After securing a slender 1-0 advantage in the first leg last week, the Citizens played out a goalless draw at the Wanda Metropolitano on Wednesday night, which was marred by unsavoury scenes towards the end of the game.
Villarreal’s stubborn defence kept Bayern almost chanceless in the first half but Robert Lewandowski levelled the tie on aggregate with his first chance seven minutes into the second half.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Marcus Rashford were among six changes to United’s line-up at Goodison Park and the latter threatened twice early on, denied on both occasions by England team-mate Jordan Pickford.
The prolific striker moved his competition return to 13 in just seven matches as Real overwhelmed the Blues in Wednesday’s quarter-final first-leg.
Danjuma diverted in Dani Parejo’s shot in the eighth minute at La Ceramica to seal a surprise win, with Bayern perhaps even fortunate not to be further behind going into the second leg in Germany next week.
The Citizens have yet to get their hands on the trophy of Europe’s elite club competition, but they came close last season, only to lose 1-0 against Premier League rivals Chelsea in the final.