Liverpool never told me to leave after Champions League final - Loris Karius

Loris Karius said it took him nearly two weeks to get over the Champions League final defeat to Real Madrid in May but insisted he was never told he had to leave the club this summer.

Karius, 25, joined Besiktas on a two-year loan in August, a month after Liverpool signed goalkeeper Alisson from Roma for £56 million.

His mistakes in the 3-1 defeat, which he has said resulted from concussion after he was elbowed in the head by Madrid's Sergio Ramos, led to criticism that he said he struggled to deal with for some time.

"It was a super season with a very unfortunate end, but you must get over it," Karius told Bild. "I knew that I must get up again and not hide and only concern myself with the past. It was a super team performance to just reach the final. Nobody can take that away from me. Not many German keepers can say they've played in a Champions League final.

"A lot of things came together that day, and even though nobody wants to hear about it, you will never know how much my mistakes were connected to the injury which was diagnosed later. That's no excuse -- just an explanation."

Karius also said he knows questions about his quality will continue to be asked, but all he can do is try to answer them and succeed with Besiktas.

"I can't undo it," he said. "It's in the past. It's over. Oliver Kahn also made a big mistake in the 2002 World Cup final and came back stronger. I'd rather focus on that than think about how long the Champions League final will still be with me. I want to put it behind me instead of bottling up everything."