Liverpool suffered a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Borussia Dortmund in their fifth friendly of pre-season, but fans were largely positive despite the result. Liverpool 1-3 Borussia Dortmund Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte Pre-Season Friendly (5) Goals: Van Dijk 25′; Pulisic (pen) 66′, 88′, Larsen 90+3′ The Reds faced their first game of their US tour in the International Champions Cup, and for a long time it looked as though a win would be recorded. Virgil van Dijk‘s first-half header gave Jurgen Klopp‘s men a deserved lead, only for Christian Pulisic to equalise from the penalty spot after the break. The Liverpool-linked American then fired Dortmund into a late lead, before Jacob Bruun Larsen added a third after a Loris Karius error. Here’s how Reds supporters reacted to the result on social media and our forums. There was frustration about the way the match unfolded, but also plenty of more measured responses… Good run out against a side that's been in the States longer and who have most of their first team playing. We should have taken our chances tbqhwy but there's loads of positives when we go forward. Karius needs to be loaned out or sold, he's never coming back. Keita was great — LFCZA ?? ???? (@LFCZA) July 22, 2018 https://twitter.com/LFCStanleyHouse/status/1021153791419219969 “From our side, this second half is disappointing, especially after that imaginary penalty given by the ref. We somehow fell apart. “It’s only pre-season and the result has no importance, but it’s not a nice thing to see how the team falls apart defensively when the going gets a bit tough and the opposing team starts to play a bit of good and fast football.” – Hope in your heart on the forums. Liverpool weren’t even terrible. Ah well, on we go — John O'Sullivan (@NotoriousJOS) July 22, 2018 Van Dijk, Robertson, Jones, Naby our better players this game. A few more miles in the legs now. Time for more players to get 60mins+ in next games and hope to see Mo & Sadio soon. — Taintless Red (@TaintlessRed) July 22, 2018 Win or lose don't read too much into preseason. Players are training at a seriously high level and then playing matches every 48 – 72 hours. You can win 5:0 or lose 0:5 – Late August is the time to judge how successful preseason has been (or not). — Chris Williams (@Chris78Williams) July 22, 2018 Unsurprisingly, Karius was again under the spotlight, as his Kyiv hangover shows no sign of easing… The absolute definition of a broken man. — Ian Ryan (@Ian1892T) July 22, 2018 He’s completely and utterly broken. Sad. — Phil Blundell (@PhilBlundell) July 22, 2018 https://twitter.com/HenryJackson87/status/1021151934110216192 “Karius looks absolutely gone.” – jackh1092 on the forums. I think it’s actually a bit unfair playing Karius now. I’d taking him completely out of the firing line. He’s so obviously not mentally right. He’s never as bad as this pre season. #LFC #Karius — Graeme Kelly (@GraemeKelly1) July 22, 2018 Unexpected conclusion to the game but no question the third goal is an error from Loris Karius; Sadio Mane has just put an arm around him to offer support as squad walk around the pitch ? — Dominic King (@DominicKing_DM) July 22, 2018 Safe to say, Loris Karius is in a bad place. The aftermath of Kyiv and arrival of Alisson looks to have left him a shadow of the goalkeeper signed from Mainz. — Chris Williams (@Chris78Williams) July 22, 2018 On a more positive note, Naby Keita again looked a class act during his second-half appearance… Keita is some player! Just doesn’t stop! Love him already! Will be massively important this season — John Arne Riise (@JARiiseOfficial) July 22, 2018 I think Naby Keita might be the definition of the flame emoji. — Glenn Price (@GlennPrice94) July 22, 2018 Naby Keita makes my toes curl. — The Redmen TV (@TheRedmenTV) July 22, 2018 I was so impressed with how quickly Ox learned Klopp’s pressing structure from the midfield, but Keita seems damn near fluent after four halves of preseason football. My lord, what a player… — Alex Mansfield (@el_mansfield) July 22, 2018 Have to say Naby Keita impressing me on many levels here ? — Darren Farley (@DFImpressionist) July 22, 2018<doc-sep>Get our LFC newsletter for the best Reds coverage Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. Sign up now Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice It is no secret that Loris Karius is under pressure but Liverpool fans are divided in their stance on the goalkeeper. The German has once again been widely criticised for his performance as the Reds were defeated 3-1 by Borussia Dortmund last night. He was at fault for the final goal during the match in the US - palming Christian Pulisic's shot in to the path of Jacob Bruun Larsen for him to slot home. The shot-stopper also nervously sliced an attempted clearance early on which was collected by Max Philipp - only for the striker to stab wide of an empty net. The latest display follows a tumultuous time for Karius, his nightmare Champions League performance in May was followed with him losing the no.1 jersey after a difficult pre-season and the arrival of Alisson from Roma in a world-record £65 million deal. After the International Champions Cup game in Charlotte, supporters took to social media to chastise Karius' display . Darren Cullen wrote on the Liverpool ECHO's LFC Facebook page: "Karius is finished at Liverpool, if he's that nervous in America what's he gonna be like competitively in say a league cup match taking stick from opposing fans". Victor Day added: "Get Karius OUT OUT OUT. We have a new goalie. Ward’s gone. We don’t need Karius." Graham H posted to Twitter: "Stop making mistakes !!!!!!!!!!! He done (sic) another howler tonight!!!!!! I said straight after the CL final his career is over it will be hard for anyone to come back from that!!" * Join us for LIVE Blood Red Q&A night for LFC fans at the Baltic Market - tickets just £5 Alongside the criticism there were also people who sent disgraceful and abusive messages to the 25-year-old about his performance, which even included death threats. That backlash prompted the goalkeeper to hit back on his own Instagram page stating: "To those who take joy in seeing other people fail or suffer, I feel for you. "Whatever it is that's happening in your life to hold this much anger and hate, I pray that it passes and good things come to you." This in turn lead to Liverpool fans both leaping to Karius' defence while others also offered him advice to turn away from social media. Stu Bateson wrote on Twitter: "YNWA? Think about that for a second, is that something we just say as a tagline or is it something we really mean? @LorisKarius had a nightmare, it's well documented and LFC have addressed that, but to abuse the man personally is disgusting and not what LFC is about. YNWA". Robbie Green posted: "Mistakes happen in all walks of life, he goes out to give his best for the team, getting on his back isn't going to help him. We have signed Alisson now,so Karius will prob only play league cup so while he is between the sticks give the lad some help and support him as well." Mook wrote on the social media site: "Spending less time on Instagram & more time working on his goalkeeping would be a good idea for Karius. Actions speak louder than words." And Robert added: "He needs to get off social media. Don't agree with all this ongoing bashing. The final is finished. We know he made mistakes and he will continue to make them. He needs to sort his head out."<doc-sep>Glad to see Loris Karius is in mid season form pic.twitter.com/RYn4TqD7Ch Karius produced another error in a 3-1 pre-season defeat to Borussia Dortmund, though this one did not lead to a goal. Four minutes into the clash against Jurgen Klopp's former side, the goalkeeper was forced to come a long way out of his goal to deal with a ball over the top of Liverpool's defence. Karius attempted to clear the ball up the pitch first time, but the 25-year-old's scuffed clearance fell straight to Maximilian Philipp. Fortunately for Liverpool, the German couldn't hit the target from around 40 yards out, putting his rushed shot wide. This latest error comes after two high-profile mistakes in the Champions League final where Liverpool were beaten 3-1 by Real Madrid.<doc-sep>
Loris Karius has hit back at his doubters after Liverpool's 3-1 pre-season defeat to Dortmund. The German was culpable for the Bundesliga club's third and final goal in the defeat in the United States, palming Christian Pulisic's shot back out to Jacob Bruun Larsen to slot home. Karius had also looked nervous at the start of the International Champions Cup game in Charlotte, slicing an attempted clearance from a through ball into the path of Max Philipp, who stabbed wide of the open goal. The spotlight has been on the 25-year-old since his nightmare performance in May's Champions League final, with the player losing the no.1 jersey after a difficult start pre-season and seeing Alisson arrive in a world record £65million deal from Roma. His errors against Dortmund were met with derision from several supporters, much like when he gifted Tranmere a goal earlier in the summer. Karius has now sent a message to those detractors on Instagram. Posting on a black background, he said: "To those who take joy in seeing other people fail or suffer, I feel for you. "Whatever it is that's happening in your life to hold this much anger and hate, I pray that it passes and good things come to you." Earlier in the night, Porto goalkeeper Iker Casillas leapt to Karius' defence. The Spaniard tweeted: "Will this attack @LorisKarius ever end? I'm talking about him like so many other goalkeepers. "There are many more serious problems in the world. F***! "Leave the kid alone! He's also a person. As we all are!"