CRYING KARIUS
Liverpool players slammed for not consoling Loris Karius at final whistle after Champions League final horror show
Viewers noticed it was Real Madrid stars who were first to put an arm around the German keeper after his two howlers
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LIVERPOOL players were slammed for not being the first to console keeper Loris Karius after his Champions League final horror show.
The Kop star had a total lapse of concentration to gift Karim Benzema the first in Kiev.
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And he flapped at thin air to allow Gareth Bale's 30-yard screamer to find the back of the net in the 3-1 win for the Spanish side.
At the final whistle, viewers noticed it was the Real players who were first to go over to an obviously devastated Karius.
The goalkeeper's team-mates did eventually go over to console him and Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher made a point of comforting Karius as he left the pitch.
The former defender put an arm around the German's shoulders as he walked off.
Jamie Carragher consoles Loris Karius after nightmare performance in the Champions League final
But social media users blasted the dejected Liverpool stars for not being faster to come to their team-mate's aid.
One wrote: "Utterly classless from Liverpool. Real Madrid players go over to console Karius. Not one Liverpool player comes near him."
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Another said: "Not a single Liverpool team-mate is consoling Karius, only the Real Madrid players. So much for 'you'll never walk alone'.
A fellow user wrote: "Karius has to be picked up by Real Madrid players. No Liverpool team-mates in sight. Poor sod."
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Another posted: "Not one Liverpool player goes to Karius. Left to the Real players to console him.
"Yes he's had a mare but the lack of class there just shows every reason that team doesn't deserve the trophy."
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One Twitter user said: "Poor Karius. Leaving him there crying into the turf. Real Madrid players coming to support but NOBODY from his own team. This is the worst moment of his life."
Ragnhild Lund Ansnes, an author of various Liverpool books, defended the Liverpool players for the failure to immediately console Karius.
"It was heart-breaking. But at the same time I think we all felt the same – so numb and frozen in this moment that’s supposed to be our biggest victory in so many years," she told BBC 5Live.
"I think we’re all frozen. Yes it was a heart-breaking thing but I think we were all just sucked to the ground in shock and disappointment and heaviness. I think his team-mates felt the same."
Jurgen Klopp and the Liverpool players did eventually put an arm around their keeper - who made a point of going over to apologise to the travelling fans.
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Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard spoke of Karius' blunders.
He said: "No one makes mistakes on purpose. Fair play to him going to the fans to apologise.
"Many a keeper would have been down the tunnel by now.
"But there's no coming away from it, he's in for a tough few weeks."
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Klopp said in the aftermath that Liverpool would stand with Karius after his horror show.
"The mistakes were obvious, we don't have to talk about that, its all clear; he knows it, I know it, you all know it.
"Now, he has to deal with it, we have to deal with, we will do that, of course, we will be with him, there's no doubt about that. It was not his night, obviously."
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