You’ve got to feel bad for the guy…
Regardless of which side you support, it’s hard not to feel for the Liverpool keeper after his two catastrophic mistakes gifted Real Madrid their first and third goals in Kiev.
After gathering an innocuous ball over the top, the Liverpool keeper tried to roll the ball out to his defenders but Karim Benzema intervened to score the easiest goal of his career.
It was absolutely shocking and Karius’ night didn’t get any better, because then THIS happened…
This is nightmare stuff… Absolute stuff of nightmares. The cup is Real's #UCLFINAL pic.twitter.com/S1kwURJWVd
— RTÉ Soccer (@RTEsoccer) May 26, 2018
Yikes.
It was enough to prompt a knife-twist from Gary Neville, who tweeted:
“They thought they’d conquered Europe, Celebrating six, Thank You Gareth Bale, Made them look like D@@@@, The Twenty Sixth of May , Always in our heart , United won the Treble, The Scousers fell apart , Allez Allez Allez.”
Ouch.
Karius has clearly had a rough night, and he eventually took to Twitter on Sunday (May 27) afternoon to write a note of apology to the Liverpool fans:
Haven’t really slept until now… the scenes are still running through my head again and again… I'm infinitely sorry to my teammates, for you fans, and for all the staff. I know that I messed it up with the two mistakes and let you all down… pic.twitter.com/w9GixPiQDC
— Loris Karius (@LorisKarius) May 27, 2018
…As I said I'd just like to turn back the time but that's not possible. It's even worse as we all felt that we could have beaten Real Madrid and we were in the game for a long time…
— Loris Karius (@LorisKarius) May 27, 2018
…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.
— Loris Karius (@LorisKarius) May 27, 2018
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the responses have been… lets say, less than kind.
Maybe in time fans will come to forgive him, but we imagine it will be a long time before this match is forgotten.
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