Jurgen Klopp shrugged off Loris Karius' blunder in Liverpool's 3-2 friendly win over Tranmere Rovers at Prenton Park.

The German keeper, who has been promised a fresh start by Klopp after his Champions League final meltdown, spilled a free-kick midway through the second half and allowed Jonny Smith to pull one back.

Klopp has put the events of Kiev down to the concussion Karius suffered after a blow to the head from Sergio Ramos but repairing his confidence clearly remains an ongoing process.

“It is obvious, we don't have to hide it," Klopp said.

"Yes, he could have made that save, even though the ugly shot was not easy to deal with. I've seen this situation 500 times at least in my life – bam, against the chest, going down. No-one likes that in these situations.

“No-one likes that goal but if we talk about the second goal I think it was Millie's (James Milner's) fault together with Pedro (Chirivella).

“Two brilliant footballers make this mistake, which one was the bigger? I would say the second goal but we don't talk about that.

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“Now Loris concedes that goal but we cannot start the story always after each mistake.

"Mistakes will happen. I don't like it, you don't like it, he doesn't like it but they do happen so let's carry on and make the best of all these situations to learn from it."

Karius looked nervy throughout the second half and the former Mainz keeper will have to get used to increased scrutiny after the mistakes he made against Real Madrid.

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“You (the media) can all stop it immediately – promise? You never ask again, that would be one little step," Klopp added.

"Yeah, it will probably happen for a while until he has a few fantastic games, that is how the situation is. We cannot change that. Our job is to perform and you do what you do and that is part of the deal."