Jurgen Klopp heaped praise on Christian Benteke after the Crystal Palace striker beat Liverpool on Sunday.

The Belgian, sold by Klopp in the summer, scored twice as the Eagles came from behind to beat the Reds 2-1 at Anfield.

"Christian Benteke is an outstandingly good striker and there's absolutely no doubt about it, but if you leave him alone like we did around the first goal then I am not sure he needed all his skills for this goal," he said.

"A lot of strikers maybe would fail in a moment like this because it was probably not the easiest [chance], but we left him alone and that makes no sense. The second one, that's our mistake and nobody else to blame for it."

Describing Benteke's winner, which came with a stooping header from a corner, Klopp added: "I haven't seen it again yet. It was really close, we had four players there in this space and Emre is blocking Benteke in this moment probably, but I didn't see it.

"It would not be a real surprise for me if somebody had blocked Emre so Christian could go there, but if you've seen it again on television, I am not sure.

"It's a low cross and Millie (James Milner) knows that he usually hits the ball, that's his position and he shoots it away and then it'd be a bad corner.

"Benteke usually gets the ball two metres and 50 high, but for this one he had to go on his knees. But it's not important, it's our mistake. We take responsibility, I take responsibility for all of this."