Liverpool FC V Real Madrid, Champions League Final: 7.45pm Sat 26th May 2018

[Favelado]

Liverpool fans classless as ever!

I'm sorry that we invented social media abuse. This wouldn't have happened with any of the other big clubs. I suppose we've got a lot to answer for.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Liverpool fans classless as ever! Hope they are hunted down and banned.

Let's be fair, pretty much every single club up and down the leagues have these kind of fans; it ain't a Liverpool-specific problem.

Hadn't quite realised the guy's only 24. Even without the abuse, what a thing to have to go through.

There were quite a lot of comments suggesting none of his teammates or Klopp went up to him at the final whistle. I was wondering if it just got missed by the main cameras, or if he really was left alone? Really sad if he was - I get that you're all going through stuff and in the moment it'd be hard to do, but by christ someone should have gone to him

 

[1927]

Let's be fair, pretty much every single club up and down the leagues have these kind of fans; it ain't a Liverpool-specific problem.

Hadn't quite realised the guy's only 24. Even without the abuse, what a thing to have to go through.

There were quite a lot of comments suggesting none of his teammates or Klopp went up to him at the final whistle. I was wondering if it just got missed by the main cameras, or if he really was left alone? Really sad if he was - I get that you're all going through stuff and in the moment it'd be hard to do, but by christ someone should have gone to him

First person up to him after the whistle was Bale!

 

[Steel Icarus]

Liverpool fans classless as ever! Hope they are hunted down and banned.

Oh behave, you Muppet. Idiots everywhere, it might astonish you to learn. Your only purpose for posting that is to try and piss people off, which marks you down as someone else with little class.

 

[sealion]

I was wondering if it just got missed by the main cameras, or if he really was left alone?

I had 5 live on, they said it was Madrid players that consoled him, not a red shirt in sight!

 

[Lord Camomile]

Bloody hell...

 

[Steel Icarus]

They couldn't bear the thought of going in for a hug and him completely missing.

 

[Voley]

The mighty Bude FC make a valid point imo:

 

[1927]

Oh behave, you Muppet. Idiots everywhere, it might astonish you to learn. Your only purpose for posting that is to try and piss people off, which marks you down as someone else with little class.

So cos loads of fans are classless you can’t call any of them on it! Bizarre thinking.

 

[Voley]

This piece from Phil McNulty is fair, I think:

Real Madrid v Liverpool: What now after Champions League defeat? - Real Madrid v Liverpool: What now after Champions League defeat?

 

[Steel Icarus]

So cos loads of fans are classless you can’t call any of them on it! Bizarre thinking.

You implied with the "as ever" that there's a long history of social media abuse from Liverpool, in a post designed to irritate and wind up people on this thread.

It's not my fault you have difficulty understanding your own posts, but I wish you wouldn't do it here.

 

[Voley]

More importantly, here is the story of the night via the medium of Bayeux Tapestry:

 

[Steel Icarus]

More importantly, here is the story of the night via the medium of Bayeux Tapestry:

Mrs SI sent me that at 12.30 this morning

 

[Voley]

Mrs SI sent me that at 12.30 this morning

He does a Gazza at the Euros one that killed me the first time I saw it. 'The villainnes are slain with mead' etc

 

[Voley]

And this:

 

[Ted Striker]

These are excellent

 

[Voley]

Salah:

I think he will get a rough time tonight

Spot on there sealion, sadly.I really hope he's alright for the World Cup.

 

[sealion]

Salah:


Spot on there sealion, sadly.I really hope he's alright for the World Cup.

It's a shame but inevitable, sadly it was the only way they could stop him playing his game.

 

[Sasaferrato]

Let's be fair, pretty much every single club up and down the leagues have these kind of fans; it ain't a Liverpool-specific problem.

Hadn't quite realised the guy's only 24. Even without the abuse, what a thing to have to go through.

There were quite a lot of comments suggesting none of his teammates or Klopp went up to him at the final whistle. I was wondering if it just got missed by the main cameras, or if he really was left alone? Really sad if he was - I get that you're all going through stuff and in the moment it'd be hard to do, but by christ someone should have gone to him

My heart goes out to him. I played in goal at hockey when in school, and a few times afterwards. The first time I turned out for the second eleven, we were beaten 10 -1, and probably eight of them were my fault. It wasn't one we were likely to win, it was against Fettes, but even so, the feeling that you have let your team down is dreadful.

I dare say Mr Karius didn't sleep much last night. I've made both of his mistakes, misjudging the position of the opposing player, and not getting your hand low enough on the incoming ball.

As has been said, he's young, a bit to learn yet. Whether this education continues at Liverpool is another matter of course.

 

[Wilf]

My heart goes out to him. I played in goal at hockey when in school, and a few times afterwards. The first time I turned out for the second eleven, we were beaten 10 -1, and probably eight of them were my fault. It wasn't one we were likely to win, it was against Fettes, but even so, the feeling that you have let your team down is dreadful.

I dare say Mr Karius didn't sleep much last night. I've made both of his mistakes, misjudging the position of the opposing player, and not getting your hand low enough on the incoming ball.

As has been said, he's young, a bit to learn yet. Whether this education continues at Liverpool is another matter of course.

Psychologically, it would have been nice for him to appear again in a Liverpool shirt again and get a supportive round of applause. However I guess he'll be off in the Summer and end up at a team around 2 levels down from Liverpool.

Roughly along the same lines, I saw this recently about Don Fox, the famous 'poor lad' from Eddie Waring's commentary (Rugby League Challenge Cup final 1968 - missed a kick in the last couple of seconds to win the match). Apparently it haunted him all his life.

 

[Wilf]

After watching various compilations of Ramos's sendings-off on YouTube any doubt that there wasn't intent involved, or he didn't give a shit about the outcome has gone.. still professional football..always been like it..

Stills are not always the best way to judge fouls, but there's one on this page where Ramos clearly has Salah's arm tight to his body. Certainly should have been a foul. Wouldn't have made much difference to the game awarding a foul, but it would have made Ramos 'officially' guilty of causing the injury.

 

[Reiabuzz]

 

[steveo87]

Imagine Maureen doforwang that...

 

[Steel Icarus]

doforwang

Your autocorrect is high as fuck, mate

 

[steveo87]

Your autocorrect is high as fuck, mate

Yup.

 

[The39thStep]

Stills are not always the best way to judge fouls, but there's one on this page where Ramos clearly has Salah's arm tight to his body. Certainly should have been a foul. Wouldn't have made much difference to the game awarding a foul, but it would have made Ramos 'officially' guilty of causing the injury.

No doubt about the foul but nobody could have forseen the injury caused by the fall.

 

[Lord Camomile]

No doubt about the foul but nobody could have forseen the injury caused by the fall.

Exactly, that's where I question the whole "he meant to do it" thing. He meant to foul Salah, no question, but I doubt he was thinking about dislocating the guy's shoulder! Again, though, it's one of those things where he probably thinks "one of these will stick...".

I do wonder at what point Ramos feels it's a bit much. Maybe taking him out of the game he thinks "job done", but out of the WC too? Maybe he regrets that, maybe he just thinks "that's football".

 

[Steel Icarus]

No doubt about the foul but nobody could have forseen the injury caused by the fall.

It was deliberately dangerous, though, like leaving a brick behind a door.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Exactly, that's where I question the whole "he meant to do it" thing. He meant to foul Salah, no question, but I doubt he was thinking about dislocating the guy's shoulder! Again, though, it's one of those things where he probably thinks "one of these will stick...".

I do wonder at what point Ramos feels it's a bit much. Maybe taking him out of the game he thinks "job done", but out of the WC too? Maybe he regrets that, maybe he just thinks "that's football".

Ramos will just point at his medals, I daresay.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Ronaldo was asked if he was disappointed not to score

“The Champions League should change and be called the CR7 Champions League.

“I have won five and I am the [top] goalscorer again, so I cannot be sad.”

Impossible not to acknowledge and respect his achievements but equally impossible to admire him.