Liverpool custodian Loris Karius picked a concussion in the Champions League final defeat to Real Madrid, doctors have confirmed.
Karius colliding with Sergio Ramos in the finals and went on to make two costly blunders and they suffered a 3-1 loss to Real Madrid.
The keeper underwent scans at Massachusetts General Hospital five days after the final and the doctor said he had a concussion.
“After carefully reviewing game film and integrating a detailed history – including his reported present and immediate post-contact subjective symptoms – physical examination and objective metrics, we have concluded that Mr. Karius sustained a concussion during the match May 26, 2018. At the time of our evaluation, Mr. Karius’s principal residual symptoms and objective signs suggested that visual-spatial dysfunction existed and likely occurred immediately following the event.
“Additional symptomatic and objectively noted areas of dysfunction also persisted. It could be possible that such deficits would affect performance. We also note that Mr. Karius has reported significant and steady improvement since the concussive event, and we expect him to make a full recovery based on the results of the examination.”