England Legend Lineker Slams Premier League for Awarding Ronaldo Player of the Month ahead of Liverpool Star

- Gary Lineker claims Mohamed Salah should have comfortably won the Premier League player of the month award ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo

- Ronaldo picked up the award after scoring three goals in the month under review after making a return to Man United

- But Lineker believes Salah scored the same amount of goals last month and had more impact than Ronaldo

England legend Gary Lineker claims Liverpool star Mohamed Salah should have won the Premier League player of the month award comfortably ahead of recipient Cristiano Ronaldo.

Ronaldo beat Salah to the award amid his three goals in September after making a return to Manchester United.

But Lineker believes Salah who also scored three goals last month should have won the award instead for his impact at Liverpool so far, The Sun and Mirror report.

Lineker said: "He’s been terrific, but Mo Salah should’ve won this comfortably."

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However, fans are divided on who should or shouldn't have won the award.

One responded to Lineker, saying: "Has he been terrific? Two keeper gaffs v Newcastle, tap in v West Ham, Man U as a team were pretty poor in September and Ronaldo didn't contribute much at all beyond those 3 goals. Salah light years ahead."

Another said: "Couldn’t agree more he’s most probably the best player in the world at the moment."

The third person said: “36 years of age, and he wins the Premier League POTM in his first month back.

"The worst mistake a Cristiano Ronaldo hater could make? Doubting him."

This is the fifth time in Ronaldo’s career that he has been named the player of the month.

Since making a return to Old Trafford the Portugal superstar has scored five goals in six appearances, including three in the Premier League.

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Not only did he beat Mo Salah, the Manchester United forward also came ahead of some heavy favourites including Chelsea's Antonio Rudiger, Allan Saint-Maximin of Newcastle and Watford's Ismaila Sarr.

Taking to his social media, Ronaldo typically expressed his delight at winning the award as he thanked his team mates for the support.

"Proud to be elected Player Of The Month among so many great players in the Premier League,” he posted.

"Thanks to all my team-mates at Man United, couldn't have done it without them. Let's keep working hard and the results will come!”

United face Leicester City after the international break on October 16 in a game which Ronaldo will hope will have a better outcome than the disappointing 1-1 draw against Everton in their last Premier League outing.