Loris Karius

The Newcastle goalkeeper healed old wounds with his cup final display against Manchester United and said: 'My story will have a good ending'

It’s not easy as a goalkeeper to get straight in the rhythm in a game like this so I think I did quite well.” “The last week showed me again that everything is possible in football. It doesn’t really get better than this so you have to enjoy these moments and soak it all in and that’s what I tried to do.

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“It was just five minutes or so in the first half that cost us the game,” Karius said. I really had a good feeling that we were going to bring the cup to Newcastle.” We’ve got a lot of goalkeepers at the club, and I think our group is very good, quality wise. “There have been a lot of setbacks, but I just tried to keep on working and put in the work that people do not really see. “I think I played pretty well given the time I’ve been out. I have learned from everything, and I am still hungry and think I’ve got a lot of years to play.

The German joined the Magpies on a short-term deal in September.

In the second half, United defended really well, didn’t really give us many opportunities. “Five minutes in the first half cost us the game. The last week showed me again that in football, anything is possible, up and down, so who knows?

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In the second half, United defended really well, didn’t really give us many opportunities. “Five minutes in the first half cost us the game. The last week showed me again that in football, anything is possible, up and down, so who knows?

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That’s what I tried to do, and didn’t really pay any attention to everything that was going on in the background.” There have been a lot of setbacks, but I just tried to keep on working, and put in the work that people do not really see. I just tried to prepare as well as I could to be ready myself. I didn’t really read much or pay much attention to what was being said – I just focused on the training to get in a good rhythm for the game. “There is always pressure to perform, but I tried to enjoy it. “Then, when an opportunity comes like the one I have just had, you are ready. “I have learned from everything, and I am still hungry and think I’ve got a lot of years to play. That’s what I tried to do. I didn’t realise that Nicky would not be able to play. In Germany, it’s different, you would not have to miss the game in the cup, but then my phone went off quite a bit, so I knew I would probably be playing the week after. What did you make of Karius' performance in the Carabao Cup final? “The last week showed me again that, in football, anything is possible, ups and downs.

Loris Karius acquitted himself well at Wembley, with Liverpool fans rooting for him. That support, along with an Anfield response, should dispel a common ...

He was [greeted with a standing ovation](https://talksport.com/football/408672/liverpool-fans-loris-karius-pre-season-torino/) in an almost unprecedented show of support. Precious few other fanbases would have responded to Karius the way the Liverpool fans did at Anfield way back in 2018. Alisson has been the bedrock of future successes, but his predecessor was never thrown under the bus. This season of underperformance has seen legitimate criticism stray into unpleasant territory on more than one occasion, if only from a minority. Among them was an incredibly smart stop to deny Wout Weghorst at the end of the first half, and a tricky one-versus-one against Bruno Fernandes, both of which kept Newcastle in with a sniff. Few would have been so eager to see him succeed in a final for a different team, some five years down the road. Social media was quick to jump on Karius after a wicked deflection left him helpless for Manchester United’s second goal, with all of the usual suspects positively foaming at the mouth for an error to seize upon for the sake of engagement. But the truth could hardly be more different. On the other hand was Newcastle United, newly taken-over by Saudi Arabia in what must be the least heartwarming ‘fairytale’ of all time. Having rarely had anything approaching regular football since his infamous blunder for Liverpool in the [Newcastle](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/liverpool-transfer-copycat-jurgen-klopp-26280628) some kind of defiant message in the direction of Anfield. It was an inherently unappealing League Cup final for Liverpool.