• Mohamed Salah prepares to get on Liverpool's team bus after arriving in Madrid. PA Photo
    Mohamed Salah prepares to get on Liverpool's team bus after arriving in Madrid. PA Photo
  • Liverpool fans enjoy themselves in downtown Madrid. AP Photo
    Liverpool fans enjoy themselves in downtown Madrid. AP Photo
  • Roberto Firmino, right, and Fabinho arrive in Madrid. EPA
    Roberto Firmino, right, and Fabinho arrive in Madrid. EPA
  • Mohamed Salah was among the first players off the flight that had landed in Madrid. PA Photo
    Mohamed Salah was among the first players off the flight that had landed in Madrid. PA Photo
  • Jurgen Klopp gets off the plane that brought Liverpool to Madrid. PA Sport
    Jurgen Klopp gets off the plane that brought Liverpool to Madrid. PA Sport
  • Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold during a press conference. PA Photo
    Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold during a press conference. PA Photo
  • Liverpool fans make themselves known in Madrid ahead of Saturday's game. AP Photo
    Liverpool fans make themselves known in Madrid ahead of Saturday's game. AP Photo
  • Liverpool's Andy Robertson during a press conference. PA Photo
    Liverpool's Andy Robertson during a press conference. PA Photo
  • Liverpool players walk off the plane in Madrid. PA Photo
    Liverpool players walk off the plane in Madrid. PA Photo
  • Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andy Robertson walk inside the Wanda Metropolitano stadium. EPA
    Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andy Robertson walk inside the Wanda Metropolitano stadium. EPA
  • Jurgen Klopp during a press conference. PA Photo
    Jurgen Klopp during a press conference. PA Photo

Mohamed Salah and Liverpool arrive in Madrid for Uefa Champions League final - in pictures


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Liverpool's players and fans are settling in Madrid with just 24 hours before the Uefa Champions League final against Tottenham Hotspur.

Jurgen Klopp's squad including Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah arrived in Spain on Friday afternoon and quickly disembarked their plane and got on to a team bus waiting nearby.

Klopp and defenders Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andrew Robertson attended a news conference at the Wanda Metropolitano in late afternoon, the venue for Saturday's game that starts at 11pm UAE time.

  • May 26, 2018: Mohamed Salah's Uefa Champions League final in Kiev lasts only 30 minutes due to injury against Real Madrid. Liverpool lose the game 3-1 without him. Getty
    May 26, 2018: Mohamed Salah's Uefa Champions League final in Kiev lasts only 30 minutes due to injury against Real Madrid. Liverpool lose the game 3-1 without him. Getty
  • June 15: Despite a desperate race to be fit Salah is an unused substitute in Egypt's first World Cup finals game in 28 years. He can only watch on as his teammates lose 1-0 to Uruguay in Yekaterinburg. Getty
    June 15: Despite a desperate race to be fit Salah is an unused substitute in Egypt's first World Cup finals game in 28 years. He can only watch on as his teammates lose 1-0 to Uruguay in Yekaterinburg. Getty
  • June 25: Salah scored twice for Egypt at the World Cup. A penalty in a 3-1 loss to Russia and then, pictured, the opener in a 2-1 loss to Saudi Arabia as the Egyptians ended up pointless in Group A. Getty
    June 25: Salah scored twice for Egypt at the World Cup. A penalty in a 3-1 loss to Russia and then, pictured, the opener in a 2-1 loss to Saudi Arabia as the Egyptians ended up pointless in Group A. Getty
  • August 12: Back in action for Liverpool and scores their first Premier League goal of the 2018-19 season in a 4-0 rout to West Ham United. Getty
    August 12: Back in action for Liverpool and scores their first Premier League goal of the 2018-19 season in a 4-0 rout to West Ham United. Getty
  • December 8: His lone hat-trick of the season comes at Bournemouth in a 4-0 success. Getty
    December 8: His lone hat-trick of the season comes at Bournemouth in a 4-0 success. Getty
  • December 11: One of the most important goals of the season comes as his strike gives Liverpool a 1-0 win over Napoli in their last Champions League group stage game, a result that puts them in the last 16. Getty
    December 11: One of the most important goals of the season comes as his strike gives Liverpool a 1-0 win over Napoli in their last Champions League group stage game, a result that puts them in the last 16. Getty
  • March 31, 2019: Failing to net against Tottenham Hotspur completes his longest barren spell in front of goal for Liverpool, eight games in total in all competition. Getty
    March 31, 2019: Failing to net against Tottenham Hotspur completes his longest barren spell in front of goal for Liverpool, eight games in total in all competition. Getty
  • April 5: Ends in run of games without a goal with a vital strike in a 3-1 win for Liverpool at Southampton. Getty
    April 5: Ends in run of games without a goal with a vital strike in a 3-1 win for Liverpool at Southampton. Getty
  • April 14: Scores stunning long distance strike for Liverpool against Chelsea to keep them in the title hunt. Getty
    April 14: Scores stunning long distance strike for Liverpool against Chelsea to keep them in the title hunt. Getty
  • May 4: Injury scare for Salah as he suffers a concussion and has to be substituted after a clash of heads in a 3-2 victory at Newcastle United. Getty
    May 4: Injury scare for Salah as he suffers a concussion and has to be substituted after a clash of heads in a 3-2 victory at Newcastle United. Getty
  • May 7: Due to the concussion against Newcastle he has to sit out the second leg of the Champions League semi-final with Barcelona. He wears a t-shirt saying Never Give Up, and that proves apt as Liverpool win 4-0 to overturn a first leg 3-0 deficit to reach the final. Getty
    May 7: Due to the concussion against Newcastle he has to sit out the second leg of the Champions League semi-final with Barcelona. He wears a t-shirt saying Never Give Up, and that proves apt as Liverpool win 4-0 to overturn a first leg 3-0 deficit to reach the final. Getty
  • May 12: Plays in Liverpool's final league game of season against Wolverhampton Wanderers. A 2-0 win is not enough to give them the title but the Egyptian has the consolation of having his daughter Makka and his wife Magi join him on the pitch post-match. Getty
    May 12: Plays in Liverpool's final league game of season against Wolverhampton Wanderers. A 2-0 win is not enough to give them the title but the Egyptian has the consolation of having his daughter Makka and his wife Magi join him on the pitch post-match. Getty
  • May 28: A smiling Salah in training with his Liverpool teammates as they look to avenge last year's Uefa Champions League final woe when they face Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday in Madrid. AFP
    May 28: A smiling Salah in training with his Liverpool teammates as they look to avenge last year's Uefa Champions League final woe when they face Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday in Madrid. AFP

Thousands of Liverpool and Tottenham supporters are already in Madrid and both sets of fans were in the city on Friday afternoon.

It is the first time since 2008 that the Champions League has been contested by two England sides.

Liverpool, who lost in last year's final to Real Madrid, are aiming to lift a sixth European Cup while Tottenham are out to win the competition for the first time.