The German was installed as the Reds’ first-choice goalkeeper prior to the 4-3 Premier League victory over Manchester City at Anfield in January and has kept nine clean sheets in 16 appearances since.
And former Liverpool stopper Chris Kirkland believes Karius should feel ‘extremely proud’ of how he has responded to the opportunity afforded to him by Jürgen Klopp.
“This has been spoken about over the last couple of years, the goalkeeper situation, and I’ve always said that chopping and changing didn’t help,” the ex-England international told Liverpoolfc.com.
“It doesn’t help a goalkeeper. You need to be in, you need to get your eye in, you can’t come in and out - especially with the pace of the game and the quality of players now, it’s very difficult to come in and out of games and pick up the pace straight away.