Bournemouth defender Tommy Elphick has expressed his frustration after having a goal disallowed during his side's 1-0 defeat to Liverpool in the Premier League.

The 27-year-old thought that he had headed the Cherries into an early lead at Anfield, but the referee blew for a foul on Reds defender Dejan Lovren.

"It is really frustrating," he told Sky Sports News. "I wouldn't like to be doing the referee's job. I got up ahead of [Lovren], obviously you have to use your arms as leverage.

"But their goal was the real gut-wrencher. We pride ourselves on our back line. We have been briefed all summer about the offside rule.

"I was in the left-back position and could see across the line so it is really frustrating. [Philippe] Coutinho was past our line and tried to get the ball."

Christian Benteke scored the only goal of the match in the 27th minute to maintain Liverpool's 100% start to the new campaign.

Written by
Mark Langshaw