Confident Salah assures he will be back for World Cup

LIVERPOOL’S Mohamed Salah has tweeted that he is “confident” he will be available for the World Cup finals with Egypt this summer, after his shoulder injury in the Champions League final.

The Liverpool player wrote: “It was a very tough night, but I’m a fighter. Despite the odds, I’m confident that I’ll be in Russia to make you all proud. Your love and support will give me the strength I need.”

Loris Karius, meanwhile, says he is “infinitely sorry” for the mistakes he made in Liverpool’s defeat against Real Madrid on Saturday. The 24-year-old German goalkeeper was in tears at the final whistle in Kiev after the Reds’ 3-1 defeat.

The Spanish side’s first goal came when Karim Benzema charged down an attempted throw-out by Karius, and the goalkeeper then allowed a long-range Gareth Bale shot to slip through his grasp for the third.

Karius tweeted on Sunday afternoon: “Haven’t really slept until now ... the scenes are still running through my head again and again.

“I’m infinitely sorry to my team-mates, for you fans, and for all the staff. I know that I messed it up with the two mistakes and let you all down.”

The goalkeeper added: “Thank you to our unbelievable fans who came to Kiev and held my back, even after the game. I don’t take that for granted and once again it showed me what a big family we are. Thank you and we will come back stronger.”