Liverpool — Mohamed Salah could be the man to finally break the Messi-Ronaldo duopoly at the top of world football after the Liverpool forward burnished his soaring reputation with a mesmerising Champions League performance against Roma. Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona’s Lionel Messi have locked down the Ballon d’Or award for a decade, winning five gongs apiece, for the past seven years they have occupied the top two slots. But Salah is now second favourite with many bookmakers behind Ronaldo for this year’s award after scoring his 42nd and 43rd goals of the season in a thrilling 5-2 victory for Liverpool in the Champions League semifinal first leg. After his first strike against his former club on Tuesday, the man dubbed by fans as the "Egyptian King" stood motionless, hands raised in apology, as bedlam broke out at Anfield. Salah’s curling effort arrowed into the top corner with such accuracy that his manager Jurgen Klopp labelled it "a genius strike". Soon after cam...
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