Will give up all personal rewards to play Champions League final again: Liverpool star Mohamed Salah

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah highlighted the pain caused by their Champions League final loss to Real Madrid as he said on Thursday he would trade all the personal honors he has won this season for a chance to replay the Paris final from Saturday. will do.

Real Madrid beat Liverpool 1-0 to win their 14th Champions League title after Vinicius Jr. scored the winning goal for Spanish giants. Salah and Liverpool finished have now lost to Real Madrid twice in the Champions League final in the last 5 years. Notably, in the 2018 final, Real Madrid beat Liverpool 3–1 after Salah was left in tears as he had to take off with an injury.

Salah won the Premier League’s Playmaker of the Season award and shared the league’s Golden Boot for top scorer with Tottenham Hotspur forward Son Heung-min.

He was also named Men’s Footballer of the Year by the Football Writers Association and won the Professional Footballers Association’s Fans Player of the Year award.

“To be recognized by fans and sports journalists in a single season is something special I will never forget,” Salah wrote on Twitter on Thursday.

“While I would give all those individual prizes a chance to play that final again, that’s not how football works. I can’t express in words how much we want to bring that trophy back to Liverpool But in the end, we couldn’t.

I can’t put into words that we wanted to bring that trophy back to Liverpool but in the end we couldn’t. I can’t thank the fans enough for your support. It’s been a very long season but a part of me wants the next one to start again tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/6ECyIL0AHN

— Mohamed Salah (@MoSalah) 2 June 2022

“It’s been a very long season but a part of me wants the next one to start again tomorrow.”

Liverpool, who were chasing a quadruple, finished with the League Cup and FA Cup as runners-up to Manchester City in the Premier League.