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Keifer MacDonald

Comparisons with Liverpool's Loris Karius drawn after Unai Simon Euro 2020 blunder

Football fans across Twitter seemed to be using Unai Simon's disastrous mistake against Croatia in tonight's European Championship round of 16 game to poke fun at Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius and his mistakes in the 2018 Champions League final.

Simon was on the wrong end of a costly error for Luis Enrique's side as he gifted Croatia an early opener in their tie in Copenhagen, as both sides battled it out for a place in the last eight against France or Switzerland.

Barcelona midfielder Pedri decided to play the ball back his 'keeper, which looked like the safest of options, but Simon was caught dazing for what should have been a routine piece of control for the Atletico Bilbao man.

As the ball made its way to the feet of the Spanish No.1, it seemed to bounce over his foot and straight into the goal, gifting Croatia a dream start.

Karius, who had established himself as Liverpool's No.1 in 2018, made two costly mistakes in the Champions League final against Real Madrid as he firstly threw the ball at Karim Benzema before he later fumbled Gareth Bale's long-range effort into the back of the net to kill off any hope of a comeback for Jurgen Klopp's side.

Twitter used the moment to reminisce about Karius' 2018 mistakes as the internet started to draw comparisons between the two.

It seems that those mistakes in Kyiv that night will never leave Liverpool fans or Karius for the manner.

Maybe a move elsewhere, to rebuild his career and remake a name for himself, could be the best option for all parties if the German is to lose the unwanted reputation he's gained.

Simon for his part had the last laugh as his Spain side triumphed 5-3 after extra time thanks to a crucial save he made to deny Andrej Kramaric when the score was 3-3.

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