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September has been a great month for football fans. We were in the middle of an international break as September pulled up. Players had left their club on international duty and were involved in the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers.
The 2021-22 season has already had its share of great moments and we're just getting started. The UEFA Champions League is underway and we have already seen some incredibly surprising results.
Several superstars of the game continue to bask in the limelight. There are also young and promising individuals trying to make a name for themselves in the European top flights. All in all, it's been a good month of footballing action.
Without further ado, let's take a look at the five best players in Europe in the month of September 2021.
#5 Mohamed Salah (Egypt/Liverpool)
Mohamed Salah has been an ever-reliable presence for Liverpool in attack ever since he joined the club in 2017. Salah has a knack for finding a way no matter how tight a game is and how frustrating the going might get.
The menacing forward played five games for the Merseysiders in September and scored in each and every one of them. His goals came against Leeds United, AC Milan, Crystal Palace, Brentford and FC Porto.
Salah's blistering pace, movement and incredible shooting ability make him one of the most dangerous attackers in Europe. He is 29 now and looks like he is playing at the peak of his powers. Liverpool are currently at the top of the Premier League table and it is only possible because of Mohamed Salah's contributions.
#4 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Manchester United)
Cristiano Ronaldo might be 36-years-old but he keeps showing us that he is not going anywhere. Ronaldo started September with a spectacular brace against the Republic of Ireland. In doing so, he overtook Ali Daei as the top men's international goalscorer.
Ronaldo's exploits did not end there. He marked the occasion of his second Manchester United debut with a brilliant brace as well. Ronaldo kicked on in the same vein and banged in goals against Young Boys and West Ham United.
To finish it off, he produced a sensational 95th minute winner for Manchester United in the Champions League against Villarreal at Old Trafford. He scored a total of seven goals in six appearances in September. Age is just a number and Cristiano Ronaldo is here to prove it.
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#3 Karim Benzema (France/Real Madrid)
Karim Benzema has been on fire this year. The Real Madrid striker earned a well-deserved call-up to the international team for the Euros and justified his selection by scoring four goals in the tournament.
He has kicked on in the same vein in the early stages of the new season and looks to have improved despite being on the wrong side of 30. In nine appearances for both club and country in the month of September, Benzema scored seven goals and provided five assists.
His numbers for the 2021-22 season so far make for great reading. Benzema has scored nine goals and provided seven assists in nine appearances across all competitions for Los Blancos this term. That's a goal contribution rate of almost two per game and it goes to show how exemplary a footballer he is.
#2 Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Bayern Munich)
Robert Lewandowski was unfortunate to have missed out on a well-deserved Ballon d'Or due to the award being cancelled in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic last year. However, he continues to make a strong case for himself this year by stacking up incredible numbers.
In eight appearances for both club and country in September, the Bayern Munich striker scored nine goals and provided three assists. Lewandowski is unstoppable these days and the Bavarians seem more assured this season than they did in 2020-21.
Buoyed by the Polish international's heroics, Bayern Munich are unbeaten in the new season across all competitions. They also have a goal difference of +18 after six Bundesliga gameweeks.
#1 Erling Haaland (Norway/Borussia Dortmund)
Borussia Dortmund's goalscoring machine Erling Haaland is quickly establishing himself as one of the best strikers of the modern era. He just turned 21 in July but he is already a phenomenal marksman whose technical ability is at par with his tactical intelligence.
Haaland has been absolutely unstoppable this season so far. He made six appearances for club and country in the month of September. In those six appearances, Haaland scored a whopping 10 goals and provided an assist.
He netted a hat-trick for Norway against Gibraltar in their 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifier. Haaland also bagged braces against Bayer Leverkusen and Union Berlin in the Bundesliga.
