Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has blasted Bournemouth defender Steve Cook for taking aim at Loris Karius.
Cook, whose stoppage-time strike was spilled by Karius and led to Nathan Ake's winner, claimed that the Cherries had targeted the German shot-stopper.
“We felt that he was under a lot of pressure," Cook said. “We did target him as a weakness."
Klopp snapped back: “I heard about (what Cook said). Actually, that's one of the worst things I ever heard in life.
“That the guy who won the game – I don't know who it was – thinks he needs to say something like this after the game.
“I am really looking forward to playing Bournemouth again because of this. Win the game, have respect for the player of the other team. I thought 'really, what did he say?'
“I don't care what he thought, I don't care what anyone said before the game. If they thought before the game that Loris Karius is a weakness then I don't know which game they were looking at.
“The game before against Sunderland he saved our life in three or four situations. So maybe they watched games from Mainz."