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Kadeem Simmonds

Gary Lineker disagrees with Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo winning individual award

Gary Lineker has annoyed Manchester United fans by claiming Mohamed Salah should have won the Premier League September Player of the Month award over Cristiano Ronaldo.

Ronaldo returned to United in the summer and picked up where he left off, grabbing a brace on his first game back against Newcastle United and another against West Ham United.

Three goals in three games for the United talisman saw him walk away with the award.

But former England international, Lineker, took to social media to disagree with the decision, claiming that Liverpool’s Salah was the clear winner.

“He’s been terrific, but @MoSalah should’ve won this….comfortably,” he tweeted to his 8.2million followers.

Salah’s September also saw him score three goals in three matches, coming against Leeds, Crystal Palace and Brentford.

The responses to Lineker's tweets advocated for the Liverpool star to have won the award based off his solo goal against Manchester City.

However, that goal came in October, with the award being based on performances in September.

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