Following the close victory over Bournemouth, Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers reserved special praise for duo Emre Can and Alberto Moreno.

Rodgers was forced to make a change early in the second half due to a foot injury to captain Jordan Henderson.

Can was his replacement whereas Moreno replaced Coutinho in the later stages of the game and Rodgers was delighted with both his substitutes.

"Emre gives good control to the game," said Rodgers. "There are a number of players that are still looking for fitness, I think that's clear, but as they're building towards that it's important that they can make a contribution.

"Alberto Moreno came on [in front of] young Joe Gomez, who I thought was excellent [up against] Matt Ritchie, who's a good player.

"We felt that we wanted to put on a player on that side to support and help [Gomez] and I thought Moreno was excellent when he came on, as well as Emre."