Liverpool outcast Loris Karius is not the most popular figure amongst the Reds fanbase after the blockbuster blunder that cost Liverpool the Champions League back in 2018 – but the German shot-stopper was a hit off the pitch.
Ahead of Liverpool’s showdown with Real Madrid in Saturday evening’s Champions League final, it’s practically impossible to not immediately cast your mind back to Karius’ calamitous gaffes that took place the last time these two sides clashed for European football’s grandest prize.
The German goalkeeper was left distraught after his clangers gifted Real a 3-1 win and the European crown, but he did receive a crumb of consolation after the match when he appeared to attract the intention of former Pornhub star Mia Khalifa. The X-rated beauty made a beeline for the Reds ace just hours after Karius’ Champions League dream had descended into a nightmare.
Before the match, the 28-year-old had captioned an Instagram post with the unfortunate message of “Eyes on the prize.” Unsurprisingly, fans took to social media to immediately hammer the Liverpool ace – apart from Khalifa, who appeared to take a shine to the Liverpool flop. The 29-year-old stunner cheekily replied: “Is he the prize? Because….,” along with a trio of flirty ‘eye’ emojis.
Unfortunately for Karius, that’s probably just about as good as things have got for him since that fateful night in Kyiv. Although the ex-Mainz man is still officially on the books at Liverpool, he has not featured in a competitive match since his horror show against Los Blancos.
And that night continues to haunt him, with no club seemingly interested in rescuing him from his Anfield hell on a permanent basis. After an uninspiring stint on loan at Union Berlin last year, Karius has been left rotting in the reserves on Merseyside this season.
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Despite seeing his Champions League hopes crushed at the hands of Karius’ fatal error, Jurgen Klopp did his best to defend the crestfallen star after the match. He said back in 2018: “What can I say? Loris knows it, everybody knows it. It’s a shame in a game like this and after a season like this. I really feel for him; he’s a fantastic boy.
“Nobody wants that, [but] that’s the situation. The mistakes were obvious, we don’t have to talk about that, it’s 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.”
Karius’ howlers proved to be the catalyst for the Reds to go out and resolve their goalkeeping issues for good in the form of £67million man Alisson Becker.
And with the Brazilian in between the sticks this time around, they should fare better against Los Blancos in the battle for Europe’s top prize – with Karius resigned to just a watching brief.
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