Merseyside police are investigating death threats made against Liverpool's goalkeeper Loris Karius following his Champions League final howlers.
It comes after social media hate messages included sickening posts such as "I hope your whole family dies".
There has been a range of responses aournd the world after the German gifted two goals to Real Madrid, whose 3 - 1 victory in Kiev also included Gareth Bale's extraordinary overhead goal.
A police spokesperson told The Telegraph: "The force takes social media posts of this nature extremely seriously and any offences identified will be investigated."
In his latest Tweet, Karius said: "Haven't really slept until now... the scenes are still running through my head again and again..."
