Madrid: Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos has brushed off allegations that he deliberately injured Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah in last month's Champions League final, saying he is being unfairly painted as a pantomime villain.

"Bloody hell, they've given this a lot of attention, the Salah thing," the Spain international told a Spanish newspaper.

"I see the play well, he grabs my arm first and I fell to the other side, the injury happened to the other arm and they said that I gave him a judo hold."

Two of Madrid's goals came from blunders by Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius, who it later emerged had suffered a concussion during the match. Loris Karius clashed with Ramos early in the second half and was seen holding the side of his head after the collision.

The suggestion that Ramos had caused Karius to suffer a concussion did not go down well with the Spaniard.

"After, the goalkeeper said that I dazed him with a clash," Ramos added. Reuters