June 6, 2018 by admin

Ramos laughs off Blame for Salah, Karius injuries

Madrid: Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos has brushed off allegations that he deliberately injured Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah in last month’s Champions League final. Salah injured shoulder ligaments in a collision with Ramos, which led to the Egypt international leaving the pitch in tears in the first half. Ramos was subsequently targeted for online abuse by angry Egyptian fans. “Bloody hell, they’ve given this a lot of attention, the Salah thing,” Ramos said. “I see the play well, he grabs my arm first and I fell to the other side, the injury happened to the other arm and they said that I gave him a judo hold.” The 32-year-old added that he had messaged Salah and said the Egyptian could have played on if he had taken a pain-killing injection — something Ramos himself has done in the past. Two of Madrid’s goals came from blunders by Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius, who it later emerged had suffered a concussion during the match, according to a specialist who analysed him in the US. Karius clashed with Ramos early in the second half and was seen holding the side of his head, before the two goals were scored. “The goalkeeper said I dazed him with a clash,” Ramos said. “I am only missing (Roberto) Firmino saying that he got a cold because a drop of my sweat landed on him.”