• Liverpool players Mohamed Salah and Dejan Lovren attend their team's training session at Melwood. EPA
    Liverpool players Mohamed Salah and Dejan Lovren attend their team's training session at Melwood. EPA
  • Mohamed Salah takes part in training session at the Melwood Training ground in Liverpool. AFP
    Mohamed Salah takes part in training session at the Melwood Training ground in Liverpool. AFP
  • Liverpool's Mohamed Salah (left) and Virgil van Dijk during the press day at Melwood Training Ground. PA Wire.
    Liverpool's Mohamed Salah (left) and Virgil van Dijk during the press day at Melwood Training Ground. PA Wire.
  • Liverpool's Mohamed Salah (left) and Xherdan Shaqiri during the press day at Melwood Training Ground, Liverpool. PA Wire.
    Liverpool's Mohamed Salah (left) and Xherdan Shaqiri during the press day at Melwood Training Ground, Liverpool. PA Wire.
  • Liverpool players (L-R) Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah, and James Milner perform during their team's training session at Melwood. EPA
    Liverpool players (L-R) Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah, and James Milner perform during their team's training session at Melwood. EPA
  • Liverpool's Mohamed Salah, center, takes part in a training session ahead of their Champions League Final. AP Photo
    Liverpool's Mohamed Salah, center, takes part in a training session ahead of their Champions League Final. AP Photo
  • Liverpool's Mohamed Salah (left) and Virgil van Dijk during training. PA Wire.
    Liverpool's Mohamed Salah (left) and Virgil van Dijk during training. PA Wire.
  • Mohamed Salah takes part in a training session at the Melwood training ground in Liverpool. AFP
    Mohamed Salah takes part in a training session at the Melwood training ground in Liverpool. AFP
  • Liverpool's Mohamed Salah attends his team's training session at Melwood. EPA
    Liverpool's Mohamed Salah attends his team's training session at Melwood. EPA
  • Liverpool players attend their team's training session at Melwood training facility in Liverpool. EPA
    Liverpool players attend their team's training session at Melwood training facility in Liverpool. EPA
  • Liverpool's Alberto Moreno during training. EPA
    Liverpool's Alberto Moreno during training. EPA
  • Liverpool's English midfielder Jordan Henderson (left) and Liverpool's Scottish defender Andrew Robertson take part in a training session at Melwood. AFP
    Liverpool's English midfielder Jordan Henderson (left) and Liverpool's Scottish defender Andrew Robertson take part in a training session at Melwood. AFP
  • Liverpool's German-born Cameroonian defender Joel Matip (left) and Liverpool's Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk take part in training. AFP
    Liverpool's German-born Cameroonian defender Joel Matip (left) and Liverpool's Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk take part in training. AFP
  • Mohamed Salah takes part in training. AFP
    Mohamed Salah takes part in training. AFP
  • Liverpool's Mohamed Salah and Dejan Lovren. AFP
    Liverpool's Mohamed Salah and Dejan Lovren. AFP
  • (L-R) Liverpool's Spanish defender Alberto Moreno, Mohamed Salah and Dejan Lovren. AFP
    (L-R) Liverpool's Spanish defender Alberto Moreno, Mohamed Salah and Dejan Lovren. AFP
  • Roberto Firmino takes part in training. AFP
    Roberto Firmino takes part in training. AFP
  • Liverpool's Senegalese striker Sadio Mane and Jordan Henderson. AFP
    Liverpool's Senegalese striker Sadio Mane and Jordan Henderson. AFP
  • Liverpool's Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, left, and Liverpool's Sadio Mane take part in training. AP Photo
    Liverpool's Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, left, and Liverpool's Sadio Mane take part in training. AP Photo

Mohamed Salah and Liverpool are all smiles as they train ahead of Champions League final - in pictures


Ian Oxborrow
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If there are any nerves among the Liverpool squad, they certainly aren't on show ahead of the Champions League final.

Mohamed Salah and his teammates took to the club's Melwood training pitch as they looked to boost their fitness and fine tune tactics before they meet Tottenham Hotspur in Madrid on Saturday.

The Egyptian star was all smiles in the sunshine as the media were invited to have a look at how the squad were shaping up.

"I am so happy that I have the chance to play another final. I hope I can play the full game this time," he told beIN Sports having been forced off injured during last season's final defeat to Real Madrid.

"I am very excited for that. I hope we can right what happened last season, get a good result, and win the competition."

He added that his dream scenario would be for Liverpool to win, for him to score and then go and win the African Cup of Nations with Egypt.

Liverpool have already enjoyed a six-day break in Marbella after the end of the Premier League season, before returning to the UK.

Manager Jurgen Klopp suggested that striker Roberto Firmino will be fit in time to take part in the final after missing the last three league matches of the season due to a muscle injury.

“Bobby trained, was part of training last week and looked really good, everything was fine. Then we took him out again. He will be in training from tomorrow on again,” Klopp said.

“All that we saw so far looked really good and he will be fine, I’m pretty sure.”

Midfielder Naby Keita, however, will miss out due to injury.