Liverpool fullback Trent Alexander-Arnold admits they never were able to get into the game for defeat at Bournemouth.

The Reds went down 1-0 in the Premier League’s lunchtime kick-off, with Philip Billing’s first-half winner being sandwiched by a disallowed Cody Gakpo goal early on and a missed penalty from Mohamed Salah in the second period.

Alexander-Arnold told Liverpoolfc.com, “We created chances, we had our chances to score [and] we never, obviously we had the goal disallowed. But we started on a bright foot and I think they just sucked the life out of the game and it was difficult for us to build momentum. They slowed the game down and executed their game plan and then go and score the goal. But it’s one of those – it was very avoidable, the goal, and it’s disappointing looking back on it.

“This is the time of the season when everyone knows what they are fighting for and obviously Bournemouth are in a relegation battle, so they are fighting for survival. But every team in the league is fighting for something so it means a lot to get the three points and I think looking back on it now, they probably wanted it more than us and that is something that is unacceptable and we need to make sure this kind of thing doesn’t happen again.”