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Mohammed Salah: ''The Champions League Final is not going to be Me and Ronaldo''.

Salah scored his 10th goal of the tournament as Liverpool made it through despite a 4-2 defeat to Roma in their semi-final second leg on Wednesday.

The Egpyt International was not on his best form last night as his team test their first defeat in the tournament at Rome. after winning 5-2 in the first league of the semi-final in Anfield.

That left him five goals behind Cristiano Ronaldo, who Salah will meet in the final in Kiev, Ukraine on May 26.

Mohammed Salah Staggering 43 goals in all competitions this season for Liverpool, has been touted to rival the decade-long Ballon d'Or dominance of Ronaldo and Barcelona forward Lionel Messi - but the Egyptian insisted he will need his team-mates to win the Champions League.

“It is not going to be a final between Mohamed Salah and Cristiano Ronaldo,” he said. “I am playing for a great club and we have great players, so qualifying to the final came with great team work, that I cannot do it alone.”,  after Liverpool's 7-6 aggregate win over his old club, Roma.

"I am playing for a great club and we have great players, so qualifying to the final came with great teamwork. I cannot do it alone - it is collective work.

"When we score a goal it's because we are all doing good, when we concede it means we all need to work harder."

On the Ballon d'Or itself, he said: “I know all of the Arab people wish the best for me, and they are happy every time I win, but now at the moment I am only thinking about the final and to bring the trophy to Anfield.”