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Liverpool boss Klopp absolves keeper Karius of Bournemouth blame

Loris Karius was not to blame for Liverpool's last-gasp defeat to AFC Bournemouth on Sunday.

The German goalkeeper could only parry Steve Cook's injury-time effort into the path of Nathan Ake who managed to unbridle the ball home to give the Cherries a dramatic 4-3 victory at the Vitality Stadium.

Asked after the match if he was concerned by Karius' performance, Klopp responded with the following: "No. If you made mistakes, you get criticised – that's the life and there is absolutely no problem.

"If you have quality, you will get stronger from it.

"I respect and accept everything you will say about us today and if you want to say we are blind, silly, not good enough, whatever, do it. It has no influence on what I think about my team.

"You can write it, you can read it, and then we go on. That's all. Of course we made mistakes today. If we don't finish, if we miss chances, [does it mean] we don't have good strikers? No, we have good strikers.

"The last goal [Nathan Ake's] was not the most lucky situation for a goalkeeper.

"If Loris had made a real, decent save, I would have wished for it but it says nothing about him as a goalkeeper. It only happened and now we go on."

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