Bournemouth defender Chris Mepham sought no excuses after their 4-0 defeat at home to Liverpool.

After the score was locked at 0-0 at halftime, Liverpool went through the gears to blow the hosts away.

Mepham later said: "At half-time it was about staying in the game at 0-0, and then you go out in the second half and there's a game on their hands.

"It's frustrating they scored so early. As soon as they get the first goal it's always a mountain to climb from there and their quality shone through.

"It's extremely tough. Even when you feel like you're on top, they have players at the other end who can create quality from nowhere. Some of the finishes were unbelievable. We're frustrated to concede those goals in one half but they were always going to come out with quality.

"Teams at this level will punish you. Players like Darwin Nunez and Diogo Jota only need half a yard to punish you. We had a couple of chances that didn't quite fall and which we didn't take.

"You look at the last nine games or so and it's been an unbelievable run. There's no way a result like this should affect us because we're playing against one of the best teams in the world.

"We go again on Thursday in the cup, then West Ham is our next game [in the Premier League]."