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Liverpool were not represented by any players currently at the club during Monday night’s Ballon d’Or ceremony. There was huge controversy over the occasion, with Real Madrid strongly feeling that Vinicius Jnr should have beaten Man City’s Rodri to the top award. In reality, Vinicius perhaps did not do enough to win the most prestigious individual trophy in the game and Rodri was a deserved winner. From a Liverpool point of view, though, this will matter little. The Reds have had a fair few players nominated over recent years and will perhaps have been disappointed not to have done so again af…