Jurgen Klopp congratulates Bournemouth after Liverpool's horror show

Liverpool were 2-0 up at half-time at the Vitality Stadium through goals from Sadio Mane and Divock Origi, and Emre Can appeared to seal the win in the 64th minute when he scored the third shortly after Bournemouth had scored from a penalty. But, the hosts made a stunning comeback, with Ryan Fraser and Steve Cook scoring twice in two minutes before Nathan Ake scored the winner in the third minute of injury time to register a last-gasp 4-3 victory for Bournemouth.

He further added: "I think for a long part of the game we were the better side, but in the decisive moment we gave the game away. We opened the door and Bournemouth ran through with all they had. They stayed in the game and scored some wonderful goals, which they forced, so it's absolutely deserved.”

"We gave the ball away, without reason, and played the wrong passes at the wrong moment. Things like this happen, this is not the biggest and the most serious thing in life, but in football it can lead to a result,” the 49-year old said.

The defeat puts Liverpool in the third place, a point behind Arsenal, and four points away from leaders Chelsea. But Klopp refused to give up on the title challenge.

Klopp also defended the performance of goalkeeper Loris Karius, whose last-minute fumble led to Bournemouth's fourth goal.

“Look, I’m sure people criticised Jamie Carragher in his career. I have no concerns [with Karius]. If you make mistakes, you get criticised. That’s what happens in life, so I have no problem with that. So if people want to say we’re blind, silly, not good enough, then do it. We missed chances today but do we have good strikers? Yes we do. And the last goal was not easy for a goalkeeper. It says nothing about him as a goalkeeper. It happens,” the former Mainz boss mused.