Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp was delighted at being able to rest his star attacker Sadio Mane against Bournemouth on Saturday.

The Reds rung the changes for the Premier League game, as they battle a glut of fixtures in December.

Mane has been one of the key performers for Klopp's team this season, but they were able to win without him against the Cherries.

"Sometimes you have to talk to players," Klopp told reporters.

"[Against Bournemouth] the people were shouting for Divock Origi. I get that, I loved the performance of Divock Origi [against Everton] but bringing him on just to say 'thank you' when we have so many games?

"It was wonderful that we didn't have to, and the best part of the game was that we didn't have to use Sadio Mane. He has been an all-time player in the last couple of weeks.

"We'll see how we start on Tuesday (against Salzburg), I have no idea about that now. But we could give these two, plus Gini [Wijnaldum] and Adam [Lallana], kind of a rest.

"Hopefully they are all fit again for Tuesday and we will make decisions."