Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says the manner of victory over Bournemouth left him in "good spirits".

Struggling Bournemouth ran the hosts close in the 2-1 result.

But Klopp insisted: "I was in good spirits, let me say it like this. I was absolutely happy about the result, the three points and the performance because I knew it would be tricky for different reasons. I think the decisions of the ref around the goals made it even more tricky for us, obviously. We wanted to fight back before the game and after that we had to fight back.

"How we played after being 1-0 down was exceptional, to be honest. I don't want to make it too big but in a moment when you have to fight back for the momentum and then you get a decision like that and a goal like this, there are other teams in the history of football which would then slip. The boys' reaction today, I loved – I really loved.

"We fought hard, played super football, the strikers played really good together and were connected. We had good passing behind, we had two super situations [with a] pass from half-space; one for Mo from Millie, I think, and one probably Ox for Trent where we could have scored more goals. We had other situations. We didn't score then, that's OK. Second half, we controlled the game. But the biggest chance in the second half was obviously Fraser's chance.

"Millie saved our life, that helped massively, I really think we deserved that today. We had moments but didn't finish it off. But the attitude again, the reaction to the different knocks, I liked a lot. So after the final whistle I was really happy."