Liverpool finish second as ‘Club of the Year’ revealed at the Ballon d’Or awards ceremony

Manchester City win the Club of the Year award ahead of Liverpool and Real Madrid

At the Ballon d’Or ceremony for 2022 hosted by France Football, Manchester City won the ‘Club of the Year’ award, beating Liverpool and Real Madrid, who finished second and third respectively. At the ceremony were a few members of City’s management alongside Kevin de Bruyne and Ederson.

Pep Guardiola’s team won the Premier League trophy last season, beating Liverpool to it by a single point. The Reds, coming in so close, were successful in other domestic competitions, winning both the Carabao Cup and the FA Cup as well.

The Merseysiders were largely successful in Europe as well but ended up on the losing side in the final against Real Madrid by a 1-0 scoreline.

As far as individual awards are concerned, Karim Benzema won the Ballon d’Or with Sadio Mane, Kevin de Bruyne and Robert Lewandowski in line with him for the same. Alexia Puttelas won the Ballon d’Or Féminin.

Apart from Sadio Mane, who played for Liverpool for the entirety of last season, only Mohamed Salah made the top five. Fabinho was ranked 14th. Virgil van Dijk and Luis Diaz finished 16th and 17th respectively. Trent Alexander-Arnold was 22nd and Darwin Nunez, 25th.

With all due respect, one would have backed Liverpool to have a better finish over Manchester City. As earlier mentioned, two domestic trophies, the European final and lost the league by a whisker.

Real Madrid were more favoured than any other club as they won both, their league and the UEFA Champions League. Nevertheless, the awards were on the basis of nominations across all categories, and rightfully going by that point, City are the deserved winner.

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With the start Liverpool have had this season, it is tough to come back from such a situation to try and compete for the Best Club of the Year trophy next year. However, in football, you can’t say.