Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe has questioned referee Craig Pawson's decision to disallow skipper Tommy Elphick's goal against Liverpool.

Elphick had his headed effort early in the game disallowed for a push in the area before a controversial Christian Benteke strike condemned the Cherries to a successive 1-0 defeat in the Premier League.

The 27-year-old was adjudged to have fouled Dejan Lovren by the match official in the process of heading home from a corner in the fifth minute.

Howe said in his post-match conference: "Tommy has won the ball fairly. He has been aggressive but if that is a foul, we will be having fouls every time a corner goes into the box. That cannot be a free-kick in my opinion, no way.

"That is basically a two-goal swing against us. Two big decisions have gone against us."