Sergio Ramos appears to elbow Loris Karius in head moments before Liverpool keeper’s first howler

GERMAN television has unearthed a clip of Real Madrid skipper Sergio Ramos elbow-charging cock-up keeper Loris Karius before the Liverpool stopper's first fatal error in Kiev.

Ramos had already taken out Reds' talisman Mo Salah with a rough tackle that ended the Egyptian hitman's Champions League final night prematurely.

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In the end poor Karius' two dreadful, schoolboy errors did for Liverpool as they sank to a disappointing 3-1 defeat.

But did Ramos' challenge on the German stopper effect his performance?

Ramos cleared out Karius long after the ball had gone as he looked to have smacked him in the side of the head.

highlighted footage of the goalkeeper taking a heavy blow to the head less than two minutes before unbelievably rolling the ball straight to Karim Benzema to open the scoring.

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Ramos looks as though he has elbow-charged the Liverpool goalkeeper

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Karius did appeal to the referee and his assistants after the incident, lying prone in the goal mouth clutching his head and motioning that Ramos had flung out an elbow.

But nothing was done about it and Ramos went on to cause further controversy by looking to feign injury as Real closed out the win.

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Late in the game the Spaniard clutched his forehead and fell to the ground for an apparent reason with Sadio Mane looking on from yards away.

Lorius, meanwhile, was left to lick his own wounds - and maybe find another club after a distastrous display that will sadly be talked about for years.

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Speaking after watching footage of Karius’ horror night legendary German goalkeeper Oliver Kahn told ZDF:

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"I’m lost for words.

"I can’t remember having experienced something more brutal from a goalkeeping point of view than in this final.

"An evening like this can destroy a career."