Loris Karius has said there is no “bad blood” between him and Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp as he attempts to relaunch his career in English football with Newcastle United — more than four years after playing his last game for Liverpool in the 2018 Champions League final defeat against Real Madrid.
The former Mainz goalkeeper was blamed for two mistakes during the 3-1 final defeat in Kyiv, including conceding a 40-yard shot from Gareth Bale, but despite subsequent revelations that Karius had been concussed earlier in the game, Klopp replaced him with Alisson weeks later and did not select him for the first-team again.
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Karius has been on a short-term deal at Newcastle since September, and sources have told ESPN manager Eddie Howe is keen to extend the goalkeeper’s contract, which expires at the end of December, until the end of this season.
Having spent three seasons on loan away from Liverpool since the Madrid defeat — two seasons at Besiktas and a year at Union Berlin — Karius saw out the final year of his Anfield contract without a single appearance last season.
But while he admitted that the Champions League final cost him his Liverpool career, Karius said he has no issue with how he was treated by Klopp during his final season at the club.
