Real Madrid 3-1 Liverpool: 5 Talking Points from the Champions League Final

#4 A tale of two goalkeepers - Navas and Karius

Loris Karius bundles the ball into his own net from Bale's 30-yard strike

If there is one man who outshone every player in a white shirt on the pitch in the first half, it was Keylor Navas. The goalkeeper was in fine form and was quite the difference between Real going down 1-0 or 2-0 by half-time.

HIs best save of the game came when he stopped dead Trent Alexander-Arnold's stinging shot with a fine block. The shot seemed destined for the bottom corner when the full-back took his shot through a crowd of players but Navas dropped to the deck and managed to control the ball after stopping it.

Navas even played the role of a sweeper-keeper to perfection when Liverpool created an opening through Mane. The Costa Rican goalkeeper sprinted off his line to make the tackle and clearance to prevent the Reds from taking the lead. If he had stayed on his line, Liverpool would have definitely opened the scoring.

Keylor Navas makes a save to deny Alexander-Arnold

On the other end, though, Loris Karius had a night to forget with two errors leading to goals. The first goal saw Karim Benzema simply stick a foot out when Karius tried to pass the ball to a teammate and that started Liverpool's slide.

Although Liverpool did quickly equalise through a set-piece, Bale gave Real the lead again. Liverpool were still in it until Bale's second goal - and Karius' second mistake. A 30-yard drive saw Karius spill the ball into his own net.

It was an unforgivable error on a stage such as a Champions League final. If the Anfield side are to challenge for honours, a world-class goalkeeper may be the need of the hour.