How Loris Karius bounced back – with a little help from Justin Bieber
msn.comthe trauma of that night in Kyiv, the embarrassment, the anguish and months of regret and recriminations that followed. He knows he will always be associated with losing Liverpool a Champions League final against Real Madrid but this is his shot at redemption.
The 29-year-old will start for Newcastle United in this weekend’s Carabao Cup final against Manchester United, two years since he last played a competitive game and just two months after the Newcastle hierarchy almost released him at the end of a short-term contract, signed as a free agent, when Karl Darlow injured his ankle in September.
Had it not been for manager Eddie Howe’s insistence, following the return of Martin Dubravka from loan at Manchester United, that Darlow deserved to play first-team football elsewhere – he joined Hull City on transfer deadline day – Karius would not have been a Newcastle player when Nick Pope was sent off against Liverpool last weekend.
Such are the whims of fate. Darlow has not yet started a game for Hull and will regret leaving. Dubravka demanded to return from Man Utd in January, after making just two appearances, but as both came in the Carabao Cup, he cannot play in the final for Newcastle.
Read more on msn.com
