Liverpool hero Mohamed Salah names the ‘best team in the Champions League’

Liverpool superstar Mohamed Salah has named the ‘best team in Europe’ ahead of the second Champions League semi-final.

Inter Milan booked their place in the Champions League final with an incredible 7-6 aggregate victory over Barcelona.

Barca looked set to advance to the showpiece event at the Allianz Arena after coming from 2-0 down to lead 3-2 in the dying minutes.

But Inter scored a dramatic equaliser in normal time before netting an extra-time winner in one of the greatest Champions League ties in history.

Either PSG or Arsenal will join Barcelona in the final, with the French and English clubs meeting in Paris for their semi-final second leg on Wednesday night.

Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain boast a 1-0 lead after they clinched a narrow victory at the Emirates Stadium last week.

Several pundits have given Arsenal hope of staging a comeback in the French capital but Salah has warned the Gunners that they will once again be coming up against the ‘best team in Europe’ in PSG.

PSG beat Aston Villa and Premier League champions Liverpool on route to the semi-finals, while they also thumped Manchester City in a mixed league phase.

Luis Enrique dominated Liverpool in the home leg but still travelled to Anfield trailing by one goal after Harvey Elliott snatched a late winner for the Reds.

But PSG sealed a 1-0 win of their own at Anfield and came out on top in the penalty shootout to keep their dreams alive of lifting a maiden Champions League trophy.

‘I have to be very honest, PSG were playing a very good game in the first leg,’ Salah told French outlet L’Equipe.

‘We were so lucky that Alisson had his best game in the club’s history probably. Then they came to Anfield. We were so unlucky because we hit the post two to three times.

‘That game was honestly 50/50 who deserved it more. No one could say. We played a very good second half. They played a very good first leg. Nobody here would say they deserved it 100 per cent.

‘It was their day and I shook their hands and said to their players after “congratulations, go and win” and that’s it. We faced the best team in Europe in that tie.’

Rooney urges Arsenal to ‘take opportunity’

Ex-England and Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney believes Arsenal can mount a comeback against PSG and says the Gunners have a big ‘opportunity’ to win their first Champions League.

‘It’s a big opportunity for PSG and Arsenal,’ he told Amazon Prime after watching Inter Milan’s thrilling victory over Barcelona.

‘I think it will be a tough game for Arsenal tomorrow but I think they’ve got a chance, they’ve got an opportunity.

‘I hope they go through because if they do they have a real chance of winning the competition obviously. I’m intrigued to watch it.’

Flick proud of Barcelona despite elimination

Barcelona boss Hansi Flick, meanwhile, expressed his pride at his team after their heartbreaking semi-final defeat to Inter Milan.

‘I’m very disappointed that we’re out – but I’m not disappointed about the performance of my team. They tried everything,’ he said.

‘We’re out, but next year we’ll start again and we’ll make our fans, the club and everyone around us happy.

‘They [Inter] are a really good team, a strong team who defend well but also they have a really good striker.

‘In the second half we were really good. We gave everything but in the end it was like that and that’s what made me a bit sad.’

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