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title: "Liverpool fans fume at Gareth Bale’s needless mocking of Loris Karius"
canonical: "https://readliverpoolfc.com/news/liverpool-fans-fume-at-gareth-bales-needless-mocking-of-loris-karius/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Henry Jackson"
section: "Liverpool News"
published: "2020-12-10T12:30:00Z"
modified: "2020-12-10T12:30:00Z"
---

# Liverpool fans fume at Gareth Bale’s needless mocking of Loris Karius

A number of Liverpool supporters have been critical of Gareth Bale, after he appeared to mock Loris Karius during a Tottenham training session.

Karius [joined](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/may/24/liverpool-sign-loris-karius-mainz-goalkeeper-simon-mignolet) the Reds in 2016, arriving as a highly-rated young goalkeeper who could help take Jurgen Klopp’s side to the next level.

The German never got going at Liverpool, however, and he endured one of the worst-ever games by a Reds player in the 2018 Champions League final.

Karius all but single-handedly lost the game for Liverpool, as two shocking errors saw Klopp’s men beaten 3-1 by Real Madrid.

His second mistake of the night saw him fumble Bale’s long-range into the net, ending the Reds’ hope of victory.

It was an evening that Karius has struggled to come back from and he hasn’t played a competitive game for Liverpool since, now plying his trade on loan at Union Berlin.

On Thursday, a clip surfaced on Twitter, courtesy of [Sport Bible](https://twitter.com/sportbible/status/1336793616438661120?s=20), of Bale calling a colleague “Karius” after he dropped the ball in training.

These Liverpool supporters were not impressed with the Spurs star’s behaviour, accusing him and the club of disrespect to a fellow professional.

> Pathetic by Bale. [https://t.co/Wlz464RAHq](https://t.co/Wlz464RAHq)
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> — Red (@TaintlessRed) [December 9, 2020](https://twitter.com/TaintlessRed/status/1336788949646368770?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

https://twitter.com/tonye64/status/1336742999032786961?s=20

> Spurs have some bottle joking about a champions league final 😂
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> — George Goldie (@GeorgeGoldie2) [December 9, 2020](https://twitter.com/GeorgeGoldie2/status/1336795158801682438?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 [pic.twitter.com/mvoPduJb5Q](https://t.co/mvoPduJb5Q)
>
> — David (@TDave90) [December 9, 2020](https://twitter.com/TDave90/status/1336794747361497098?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Why everyone forgot he got a concussion from Ramos' elbow?
>
> — Afiq (@okabandai) [December 10, 2020](https://twitter.com/okabandai/status/1336833993023447042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Hahahaha gonna be funny when we spank them at anfield
>
> — 渓太 (@lfckyIee) [December 9, 2020](https://twitter.com/lfckyIee/status/1336821146856067073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)