Mo Salah in tears after Liverpool crash out of the Champions League on penalties to PSG in what could be his final shot at European glory with contract running out in the summer
Mo Salah was pictured in tears after Liverpool crashed out of the Champions League on penalties to PSG on Tuesday night.
Leading 1-0 on aggregate after a first-leg win in Paris, the Reds were taken to extra time thanks to Ousmane Dembele’s finish after 13 minutes
Neither side could find a breakthrough in extra time, meaning that spot kicks were required to decide who would advance to the quarter finals.
Once Curtis Jones and Darwin Nunez missed from 12 yards for Arne Slot’s men, the Parisians gained the upper hand in the shootout.
Deziree Doue slammed home the decisive kick, meaning that Luis Enrique’s side will play Inter in the quarter-finals.
Following his side’s elimination from Europe’s premier club competition, Salah was overcome with emotion as he broke down in tears on the pitch.
Salah’s reaction comes with this potentially being his final shot at a second Champions League with Liverpool, having lifted the trophy in 2019.
But the Egyptian is yet to sign a new contract on Merseyside, with his existing deal set to run out this summer.
Fellow team-mates Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold also have deals which expire at the end of this campaign – with both still to agree extensions.
Salah has been an integral part of the Liverpool side that have emerged as runaway Premier League leaders – with the Reds currently sitting 15 points ahead of Arsenal.
While Salah and his team-mates will be dejected by defeat in Europe, they have little time to feel sorry for themselves.
They take on Newcastle United in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley on Sunday, in what is the first piece of major silverware up for grabs this season.
Any hopes of a treble were extinguished by their defeat to PSG, following their shock FA Cup exit at the hands of Plymouth in the fourth round.
Salah being seen in tears comes after he was labelled as the best player in the world by Wayne Rooney in the build-up to the game against PSG.
Appearing as a pundit on Amazon Prime’s coverage of the match, the former Manchester United striker gave his thoughts.
Rooney said: ‘Mo Salah, in my opinion, is the best in the world right now, he doesn’t always come back and you can get away with that [at his level]’.