‘I’ve cried more than I have in my entire life’ – Mohamed Salah bids farewell to Liverpool
Mohamed Salah admitted he “cried more than I have in my whole life” when his Liverpool career ended.
He provided the assist for Curtis Jones’ opener and cameclose tom adding to his tally of 193 Premier League goals when his free-kick hit a post in the first half.
The Egypt international was immediately given a guard of honour by his teammates when he was substituted in the 74th minute of the 1-1 draw with Brentford that guaranteed Champions League football.
Salah kissed the turf one last time before sitting on the bench but was left emotional by the end of the match.
I think I’ve cried more than I ever have in my whole life. I’m not really an emotional guy,” he told Sky Sports when he was interviewed by Andy Robertson, who will also be leaving after a similar nine-year stay.
We spent our youth here, sharing everything from beginning to end.
“Leaving Liverpool is difficult. That’s life. I look back and wonder if I wanted more than what I got. Not really. We won it all.
“We see the love from the fans and that’s the most important thing for me.
“I’ll be away from here; I’ll be emotional every time. I hope the team will be in a position to fight for everything.”
The story of becoming the club’s leading Premier League assist record holder with his 93rd was somewhat spoilt by Kevin Shead’s equaliser.
“Once again we didn’t get what we deserved and that’s been a common theme this season; we deserved to win,” said head coach Arne Slott.
“Although in the 100th minute we could have lost him because he had a serious chance and he couldn’t go in.
“We came here today to do the bare minimum and when you look at the league table, the big clubs don’t qualify for the Champions League or Europe so we can’t take that for granted – but it’s clear and obvious that we wanted more.
“But I’m proud of the players because it’s been a very difficult season.”
A win for Brentford would have taken them into Europe for the first time, but they fell just short.
“We gave everything to get the result we wanted; it just wasn’t going to happen,” boss Keith Andrews said.
“There’s a lot of pride in what we produced, like how bravely we played in the second half.”
