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Mac Allister: I want first Cup winner's medal with Liverpool

Liverpool attacker Alexis Mac Allister is excited ahead of Sunday's Carabao Cup final against Chelsea.

After winning the World Cup, the Argentina international now wants a first Cup winner's medal with the Reds.

Of course it will be my first final with Liverpool and first opportunity to win something so it is going to be something very special for me and the team," Mac Allister said. "We haven't been thinking a lot about the final because we had a lot of games and this one (against Luton) was a big one as well but now we have time to think about it, to prepare for it well because we are going to play against a very good team and we will try to win it.

"As you say, maybe it is the biggest game in the world, the World Cup final, but I am still young as well, I am 25 and I think every player and every person is different so I wouldn't say much to them, they just need to enjoy their football and do the same they do every day, we have a lot of good players, young players as well, so we will prepare it and go for it.

"It gives you of course a lot of confidence and it definitely helps when you have experience but it is not the most important thing. You can see players who played a final for the first time and they do very well, like it was for me in the World Cup so we have to enjoy it, of course it is the opportunity to win a trophy for this club and it will be special for everyone but we need to go out there, do our best, play the game we want to play and try to win.

"I look at [my World Cup winner's medal] every single day. That is what it means to me and to the country as well. We spoke before, it is the biggest game ever for a football player so it is something that I am really proud of and hopefully next week the Carabao Cup medal can be something I will look at as well.

"My plan is to one day create a little museum at home - a room where everything is there. I have a replica of the World Cup, the medal and some more trophies - they are all in a safe place for now - and my plan is to be able to have a place for them where I can always see them.

"Hopefully [more trophies], that is what I want when I sign for this club, I said I wanted to win trophies, that is what every player wants and that is what I want. That is how I am that the World Cup help me to realise that I really want to win more trophies so it is a big opportunity."

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