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Mohamed Salah shares big Liverpool regret and vow on future amid contract uncertainty

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Mohamed Salah has confessed to in his career. The Egyptian star has participated in three Champions League finals for the Reds, netting a goal in their 2019 triumph over Tottenham Hotspur in Madrid.

However, was famously forced to leave the pitch injured and in tears during the first half of their 2018 final loss to Real Madrid, and failed to get past goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois four years later when the two teams faced off again.

Salah holds the record as the Reds' top scorer in both Europe and the Champions League, with 43 of his 48 continental goals for the club coming in UEFA's premier club competition.

  • He has maintained this form in the current season, contributing a goal and four assists from Liverpool's four Champions League matches so far, helping team maintain a 100 percent winning record and lead the table at the halfway stage. With his contract at Anfield set to expire next summer, Salah is acutely aware that this could be his last season with the Reds.

    He will undoubtedly be eager to experience another prolonged Champions League journey. Reflecting on Liverpool's 2019 tournament victory alongside team-mates Alisson Becker and Andy Robertson in the second episode of 'The Reds Roundtable', Salah revealed that he actually feels bad about his opening penalty goal against Spurs because he changed his mind mid run-up.

    "I changed my mind where to put the ball when I was running," he elaborated. "I practiced the whole week on the other side. Then I just took the run like this and when I hit the ball, I just changed my mind and I felt bad.

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    "I felt really bad after that, even until now. Every time I see it, I say, 'Why did I change my mind?' Because sometimes when you take a decision and you practice very well, and you miss, you don't feel bad about it. I did my everything and had bad luck. But when you change your mind in the Champions League final, it was too much pressure, to be fair."

    Salah also spoke to Alisson and Robertson about his time on Merseyside and said he will never forget his special moments in a red shirt. He added: "The thing I appreciate the most is the time when I go every morning and I see the guys and share unbelievable moments, especially us three plus Virgil [van Dijk] and Trent [Alexander-Arnold], the senior group.

    "When Bobby [Firmino] left, for example, you realize everybody will leave one day so I don't take that for granted. When I go [to the training ground], I always try to have a laugh with them and spend good time together. In my head, I always remember the good things we had together."

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