Klopp backs Karius after Bournemouth blunders

Question marks had been raised over the German 'keeper's ability to be a hit in the Premier League before the defeat to Bournemouth and Karius' display against the Cherries did nothing to dispel his critics.

Karius failed to keep out Ryan Fraser's effort which allowed Bournemouth back into the game at 3-2, after he reacted late to the young winger's shot.

The Liverpool goalkeeper then spilled Steve Cook's long range attempt in injury time, allowing Nathan Ake to complete a remarkable turnaround to win the match 4-3.

The 23-year-old came in for criticism after the came buy Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher, who said he is yet to be convinced that Karius is good enough to play for Liverpool.

However, Jurgen Klopp jumped to the 'keeper's defence by claiming it is still early days for the relatively young goalkeeper.

The Liverpool boss saidd: "Look, I’m sure people criticised Jamie Carragher in his career. I have no concerns [with Karius]. If you make mistakes, you get criticised. That’s what happens in life, so I have no problem with that. So if people want to say we’re blind, silly, not good enough, then do it. We missed chances today but do we have good strikers? Yes we do. And the last goal was not easy for a goalkeeper. It says nothing about him as a goalkeeper. It happens.

"I knew there would be moments like this. There is no attitude or character problem here. We have been 100% before now, and we were 99% today, but it’s quite simple to go back up to 100%. No one is born a winner. Not in the first two or three months [of a project]. You have to learn and we must learn from this. Things like this can happen - you don’t like it and it still feels bad but why should I be angry? We are not ice skating, it’s not about how it looks. I know we can play football but we gave the game away at a decisive point. We opened the door and they ran through and scored some wonderful goals".