Liverpool’s Spanish player Thiago Alcántara has won the award for the best goal in the Champions League this season.

All candidates for the award were selected by the UEFA technical committee, after which UEFA allowed fans to vote.

In the group stage match between Liverpool and Porto, Alex Chamberlain took a free-kick towards the edge of the box, bringing the ball to Thiago, who shot half-flat and low into the bottom corner of goalkeeper Diogo Costa.

Thiago’s closest rival is Paris Saint-Germain star Lionel Messi, whose group stage goal against Manchester City finished second, followed by Manchester United’s Alex Telles with his left foot against Villarreal. third.

In fourth place was Karim Benzema’s goal against Chelsea in the quarter-finals, while his colleague Vinicius Junior completed the top five with his goal against Shakhtar Donetsk.

Johnny Khoury