Gareth Bale mocks teammate Son Hueng-min with 'Karius' jibe during Spurs training session

Tottenham attacker Gareth Bale appeared to poke fun at teammate Son Heung-min with a cheeky reference to Loris Karius during a training session on Wednesday. Welsh winger, who returned to Spurs on loan in summer, had an enjoyable time when he came up against Karius in 2018 Champions League final as he scored twice while playing for Real Madrid to help win Los Blancos ir 13th European crown. Karius' blunders in final n forced Reds to splash cash on Alisson Becker that summer and Brazilian has firmly established himself as first-choice goalkeeper for Liverpool ever since.

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Tottenham training: Bale calls Son Heung-min 'Karius' after South Korean drops a straightforward take

In a video clip from a Tottenham's training session ahead of ir clash against Antwerp, Bale, Son and Davies were seen performing a light training drill. Davies was n seen firing a half volley at in-form South Korean forward, who was pretending to be a goalkeeper. However, Son failed to catch ball, spilling it to his right before picking it up. Son n attempted to run away with ball as Bale yelled out "Karius", blatantly taking a jibe at German goalkeeper for his howlers in 2018 UCL final. 

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Karius had made a schoolboy error which allowed Karim Benzema to score opener in Kyiv but Liverpool still mand to equalize through Sadio Mane. Bale, who came on as a substitute, n scored a stunning overhead kick to make it 2-1 for Real Madrid. He n got his second of night to seal win for Madrid after Karius allowed a long-distance effort to slip through his hands. 

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German was heavily criticized for his two costly errors in final but it was later revealed that Karius had seemingly suffered a concussion during game. He was loaned out to Besiktas following season as Alisson replaced him as Liverpool's .1. Karius currently plies his trade at Union Berlin, on loan from Liverpool. 

Bale's jibe at Karius only adds a bit of fuel to fire ahead of Liverpool's clash against Tottenham next Wednesday. Both Spurs and Liverpool are at top of Premier League table, level on points but Jose Mourinho's side have a better goal difference after 11 games played.  top of table clash will take place at Anfield with Alisson likely to return in goal for Liverpool by n. 

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