Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah seeking Champions League revenge against Real Madrid – ‘that was the worst moment of my career’
- Egyptian forward looking to settle the score after tearful first-half exit from 2018 final with shoulder injury
- But Salah travels to Paris besieged by concerns over form, fitness and even long-term future at Liverpool
“We have a score to settle,” Mohamed Salah posted on social media moments after Real Madrid set up a rematch with Liverpool in Saturday’s Champions League final.
Salah’s first appearance in European club football’s showpiece game came to an agonisingly premature end in Kyiv four years ago.
The Egypt forward made a tearful first-half exit after suffering a shoulder injury in a challenge with Real defender Sergio Ramos, who was accused of cynically slamming his opponent into the turf.
Madrid went on to win 3-1 and Salah has never been able to shake the bitter memories of that night.
“That was the worst moment in my career,” the 29-year-old said at Liverpool’s prematch media day this week. “I was really, really down in that time.
“I was like: ‘We cannot lose this way.’ I never felt that feeling before in football, especially the first Champions League [final] for all of us.”
Salah made amends 12 months later, scoring a penalty as Liverpool beat Tottenham to be crowned European champions for the sixth time.
