Few players in the world of football have had their blunder stamped “tattooed on their foreheads” like Loris Karius. For those of us who have grown up with Thorbjørn Egner, the name is entertaining in itself, for Liverpool supporters, Karius is anything but something they want to be reminded of. The German goalkeeper has received so much peer and harassment since 2018, so when he now appears as the best player on the pitch, we think it deserves an article – even if it is about the 2nd Bundesliga.
If you ask a Liverpool supporter about Karius, they will either get a grunt, a few angry words – or silence – in response. It still hurts to talk about the Champions League final against Real Madrid in 2018, where the German goalkeeper played his way into the club’s Hall of Shame with two blunders we have not seen the like of in a final. Regardless of whether Real Madrid would have won the game without the goalkeeping blunders, Loris Karius remains the scapegoat for Liverpool’s final defeat.
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Since then, the goalkeeper’s career has gone straight south. Loan to Besiktas, then Union Berlin, return to the training ground at Liverpool, then exit 2022, a few games at Newcastle, before signing with Schalke in 2025.
On Saturday, the match with Loris Karis came as the big bright spot. We let Bulinews give the match report:
“Loris Karius was the star player when Schalke played goalless against Hertha in the first Topspiel match of 2026. The league leaders went into the game knowing that second-placed Elversberg lost some ground with a 3-2 loss in Nuremberg earlier on Saturday. Karius had six saves at the Olympic Stadium, while Schalke finished the game without a shot on target.”
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Not exactly a game in the “exciting” category, but Loris Karius deserves to get cred.
