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May 14, 2022 20:50 GMT
Update date: May 14, 2022 21:25 GMT
Egyptian international Mohamed Salah, the star of Liverpool, assured his fans of his readiness to play the Champions League final once morest Real Madrid, following he left injured once morest Chelsea, in the face of the two teams, on Saturday evening, in the FA Cup final.
Liverpool will face its rival Real Madrid on Saturday, May 28, in the Champions League final.
Salah was injured in the 32nd minute, and then exited following feeling pain, so Jurgen Klopp decided to replace Salah and Diego Jota went in his place.
And Carrie Brown, a correspondent for the “BN Sports” network, revealed through her account on the social networking site “Twitter”, in a tweet following the match, that Salah is fine.
“I asked Salah, are you ready for the Champions League final,” a reporter for beIN Sports said.
And she added: “Salah answered, saying: Yes, I am fine.”
OK for the final Mo? Yes I’m fine! Confirmed
— Carrie Brown ???? (@CarrieBrownTV) May 14, 2022
For his part, Jurgen Klopp, coach of the Liverpool team, expressed his hope for Salah’s recovery.
Klopp said, in comments following the match, highlighted by the British magazine “FourFourTwo”: “Mohamed Salah came to me and said I can continue, but I felt a little bit, so I preferred to replace him in the match and I hope he will be fine.”
He added, “Mohamed Salah’s injury is a little more difficult than Virgil van Dijk’s, but I hope he is fine in the coming hours.”
Liverpool won the FA Cup with a 6-5 victory over Chelsea on penalties, following a 0-0 draw in normal time and then overtime at Wembley Stadium on Saturday.
Substitute Costas Tsimikas scored the decisive penalty kick in Liverpool’s victory following Chelsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta hit the post, and Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson saved an attempt from Mason Mount.
Mohamed Salah and Liverpool stars celebrate with Moamen Zakaria the FA Cup title (video) https://t.co/33oQTqc81t pic.twitter.com/tH723b4Tc8
— Erem Sport – Erem Sport (@EremSports) May 14, 2022
Chelsea goalkeeper Edward Mendy preserved his team’s hopes of winning when he saved the fifth penalty kick from his Senegalese compatriot Sadio Mane, but that was not enough to prevent Liverpool from winning its first title in the competition since 2006.
Liverpool, who reached the Champions League final and still have a weak chance of winning the Premier League, won the League Cup at the expense of Chelsea on penalties 11-10 also last February.
Liverpool stuck to its hopes of winning an unprecedented quartet this season.
Liverpool are three points behind Manchester City in the league title race before the last two rounds, while Real Madrid will face Real Madrid in the Champions League final on May 28.
