Mohamed Salah misses penalty as Liverpool slump at Bournemouth

Mohamed Salah missed a penalty as Liverpool came back down to earth in a shock 1-0 defeat at struggling Bournemouth on Saturday.

Jurgen Klopp's side travelled to Dean Court in high spirits after their historic 7-0 thrashing of arch rivals Manchester United last weekend.

But their hopes of using that remarkable result as a springboard to push for a top four finish in the Premier League were given a brutal reality check on the south coast.

Philip Billing punished woeful Liverpool defending to put the struggling hosts ahead early on and Salah blew the chance to equalise when he fired wide from a second half spot-kick.

Salah became Liverpool's record scorer in the Premier League era when he netted twice against United.

But the Egypt star's failure to add to his total of 130 condemned Liverpool to a first defeat in their last six league games.

 "What can I say? It was never really our game. We were dominant in the first half but mostly we put ball in at the wrong moment against a compact side," Klopp told BT Sport.

"They had their counter-attacks they wanted to have. I really think the spaces we had to play were super clear, super open.

"The rest was more or less busy with covering other spaces, we didn't use that often enough, didn't enjoy the challenge to face a deep, compact side. Little things witch make a massive difference and then we go 1-0 down, not helpful obviously in the counter-attack.

"We didn't defend it well and then I thought we started pretty well in the second half and then got the penalty and we missed it. After that we were in a real rush and didn't create enough really and that's it."

Apart from the damage done to Liverpool's top four bid, it was hardly ideal preparation for Wednesday's Champions League