Manchester United legend Paul Scholes has taken aim at the crying of the players during and after Saturday's Champions League final.

Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius' disastrous evening left him in tears at the full-time whistle as Real Madrid retained the trophy for a third successive season.

Crying became a theme of the final with Reds top scorer Mohamed Salah and Real defender Dani Carvajal each having already left the pitch visibly upset following first-half injuries which could rule them out of the World Cup.

"I can understand Karius, I suppose, he's devastated at what's happened but injuries are part of the game," he said.

"If you go back years and you saw somebody crying on the pitch, they'd have had a whole load of stick for it.

"Now it's a different game, players are sensitive and they get upset easily."

Scholes famously missed the 1999 final against Bayern Munich due to suspension during United's memorable treble-winning season.

Asked if he was close to tears when he collected the yellow card which ruled him out of the game at the Nou Camp Scholes responded: "No. What's crying going to do?

"It's not going to make the booking go away. Obviously I was disappointed but close to tears? No.

"I don't think I have (cried on a pitch). Maybe when I was 11 or 12 and we lost the cup final or something."