Crystal Palace striker Christian Benteke has claimed that his one-year stay with Liverpool was not a failure.

The Belgian striker joined the Reds in a £32million move from Aston Villa last summer but fell out of favour following the arrival of manager Jurgen Klopp and was eventually sold to Palace in a £27m deal this summer.

“I don't see my time there as a failure," Benteke told told the Daily Mail.

“When I signed there was another coach and with him it might have turned out differently.

“I did not fit the tactical system of the new coach. That was not easy mentally because I was left to fight a losing battle. But I must not look for excuses. I could also have done better in those few minutes I got. I have not performed as expected.

“Liverpool is a big club and, there, you do not go looking for the coach, knocking on the door of his office. I am grown man and I was able to deal with it.

“He had a particular system and I did not fit in. It was up to me to find a solution. These are things that happen in a career. There are no regrets."