Mohamed Salah said that Liverpool has a “settlement result” with Real Madrid, after the Spanish side organized a repeat of its final in the Champions League in 2018, securing a victory against Manchester City.
Salah left the field in tears in the final four years ago after a heavy fall under the challenge of Sergio Ramos, as Real won the title with a 3-1 victory. “We have an account to settle,” Salah wrote on social media after Real eliminated City 6-5.
Liverpool won their place in the final with a 5-2 overall victory against Villarreal on Tuesday, with Salah saying he was eager to face Real again. “I want to play in Madrid,” the striker told BT Sport. “We lost in the final against them, so I want to play against them and hope to win from them as well.”
Liverpool, who are behind City by a point in the Premier League, host Tottenham on Saturday. City play at home to Newcastle on Sunday and Pep Guardiola said his players will need time to come to terms with their fate after Madrid’s dramatic late recovery to knock them out.
“We need a day or two, but we will get up, we will get out,” said the City manager. “We will have to do it with our people. We did our best. We were really, very close, but in the end we couldn’t do it. “
Asked if this was his toughest European night as a coach, Guardiola replied: “I had bad defeats in the Champions League before. [Such as] Barcelona against Chelsea, when we played two exceptional matches and could not reach the final. But yes, it’s hard. We can’t deny it. “
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