Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has backed Adrian despite Sunday's 7-2 loss to Aston Villa.

Adrian replaced the injured Alisson, who has been sidelined from four to six weeks, and was culpable for Villa's first goal.

"The first goal was not good but I don't think he had anything to do with the other goals," Klopp said. "We didn't help him tonight.

"He is a really good goalie. Last year we played 11 games with him and won pretty much all. Tonight our goalie was not the problem. The reaction to the first goal was not his problem, it was our problem.

"It is not often I have seen games like this. I am old enough to know strange things can happen in football. You could see in moments that in challenges Aston Villa wanted it more and that is something I saw and I don't like."