Football has a way how to glorify the attacker and crucify the goalkeeper. Let’s face it there’s more glory in scoring than saving. But while an attacker can miss a scoring chance and he’s forgiven, an error by a goalkeeper is often fatal.
And if anyone needed any proof, Saturday’s Champions League Final was testimony to it. Liverpool Goalkeeper Loris Karius had a fare share of blame in Liverpool’s defeat.
In an apology after the match, Karius, evidently in tears said: ‘Today I lost my team the game and I feel sorry for everyone. ‘I’m sorry for everyone – from the team, from the whole club – that the mistakes cost dearly. ‘If I could go back in time, I would. I feel sorry for my team. I know I let them down today.’
‘It’s very hard right now but that’s the life of a goalkeeper. You have to get your head up again. ‘These goals cost us the title, basically.’ Asked what the mood was like in the Liverpool dressing room after the defeat, he said: ‘There’s not much I had to say. ‘Of course everyone tried to cheer me up – but there was just silence everywhere because everyone was really disappointed.
Speaking about Bale’s second goal which went through his hands, Karius said: ‘It moved around a lot. ‘I tried to catch it, maybe I should have done it safer and just put it out of play instead of trying to catch it. ‘I judged it wrong and it went in.’
