angularjs components getting a form inside template

so I have a component with a template containing a form.

mycomponent.html:

<div>
    <form name="myForm"> 
        <!-- more html code -->
    </form>
</div>

How can I access myForm inside the component controller? Currently I'm injecting $scope to get it from that. Or is that the only way to get the form?

Edit: Added some code to better illustrate in javascript

angular.module('example')
.component('myComponent', {

    templateUrl: 'mycomponent.html',
    controller: function($scope) {
         $scope.myForm // This works
         this.myForm // undefined, can I access it through the component scope instead of $scope somehow? 
    }
 });