The win marks the 13th time Madrid will lief the trophy
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Bale proved his worth by delivering the Champions League trophy with a sensational brace after coming off the bench in the 3-1 win over Liverpool in Saturday’s game
The eyes of the world will be on the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kiev on Saturday (today) as two genuine European heavyweights compete for the Champions League trophy in club football’s biggest match.
Jurgen Klopp’s side took a commanding 5-2 lead to the Italian capital from the first leg
Salah scored two first half goals for his team against AS Roma in the first leg Champions league semi final encounter at Liverpool, which eventually ended 5-2 in favour of Juergen Klopp’s side on Tuesday
City’s 4-3 defeat at Liverpool in January was their only loss against a English Premier League side this season.
The result has left Palace in 16th position in the Premier League table – two points clear of the relegation zone
The two clubs are battling to finish as the best of the rest behind runaway league leaders Manchester City with Manchester United second in the table.
Mohamed Salah continued his fine form in front of goal to send Liverpool into half time with the lead, and Sadio Mane added the second after the interval as the Reds cruised to all three points.
Mane scored his first hat-trick for Liverpool in a 5-0 thrashing of FC Porto in their UEFA Champions League last 16 first leg tie last week
Porto looked the more likely to score in the opening quarter of the contest and came closest to doing so when attacking midfielder Otavio sent a deflected shot on to the roof of the net
The 25-year old Salah and 23-year-old Oshoala won the topmost prize at the Aiteo CAF Awards Gala 2017 held at the International Conference Centre in Accra, Ghana
This win would mean Salah has won the two biggest personal accolades for African footballers, the BBC Player of the Year and the CAF Player of the Year, in the space of a few weeks
The capital of Ghana, Accra, is abuzz and bracing up for unarguably the biggest football gathering of the new year, Aiteo CAF Awards 2017.
The 25-year-old Liverpool star beat Gabon’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Guinean Naby Keita, Sadio Mané of Senegal and Nigeria’s Victor Moses.
The result sees Liverpool finish top of Group E, while Spartak Moscow are condemned to Europa League football
The German chose to leave the pair out of the starting 11 in Saturday’s 1-1 draw with champions Chelsea, a decision that drew criticism on social media.
The Chelsea star was shortlisted with Liverpool’s duo of Mohammed Salah and Saido Mane as 11 players made the cut for the Player of the Year, while 10 made it for the Player of the Year (Based in Africa) after votes from members of the CAF Technical and Development Committee, CAF Media Experts Panel and Independent Media and TV Consultants, from the initial 30-man list.
“Following the match between South Africa and Senegal on Friday, Sadio Mane slightly felt his old injury,” the Senegal Football Federation said in a statement on Monday.
The nomination follows another he received earlier this month for the African Footballer of the Year award, organised by CAF, the continent’s governing body