Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said that Alisson’s signing was not related to the performance of Loris Karius in the Champions League final. Karius made a series of errors in the Champions League final which made him the subject of social media trolls.
Klopp said, “I didn’t tell Karius what he wanted to hear, but how it is. The Champions League final had nothing to do with us getting Alisson. Even if he had won it and Alisson would have been on the market we would have still signed him.
And how the people reacted negatively to Karius after the final, tried to isolate him, almost made me not get Alisson and rather stick it out with Karius. But we had to be professional. Our job is to have the best players in every position.”
Liverpool have just registered their second win in the Premier League, beating Crystal Palace 2-0. A penalty from James Milner gave Liverpool the lead. Then, in the dying moments of the match, Sadio Mane scored his third goal of the Premier League to double Liverpool’s lead.
