Loris Karius is on a mission to convince Jurgen Klopp to make him Liverpool's No 1.

The German keeper enjoyed a rare Premier League start in Wednesday's goalless draw with West Brom after Klopp decided to rest Simon Mignolet, who had been hampered by an ankle problem.

Mignolet is fully fit and likely to be recalled for Sunday's trip to Bournemouth, but Karius is hoping that his performance against the Baggies leads to his services being retained on the South Coast.

The former Mainz shot-stopper, who has been given the Champions League matches this season, has only featured twice in the Premier League in the past 12 months.

“It had been quite a while,” Karius said.

“Obviously I've had the Champions League games but there are not that many so I was happy to get a start here. I wasn't really expecting it but it was nice to play.

“It is always a battle, it doesn't matter in which club or which position. If you don't perform well, even when you start, you might lose your spot in any position so you have to perform and the rest is up to the manager.

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“I was happy I got a start and I'll just try to keep the standard high in training. That's all I can do. The decision who plays is the manager's job.”

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The Champions League is on hold until Liverpool face Porto in the last 16 in February and Karius is keen to ensure that he doesn't have to wait that long for more first-team action.

“It's difficult in football to plan too far ahead,” he added.

“I want to play every game and my favourite option would be to play again on Sunday. But I have to take it as it comes and perform well when I am in the squad.

“I think I did a decent job against West Brom. The manager has trust in me otherwise he wouldn't have thrown me in.

“I have to show him in training I am ready for the upcoming games and then he is the one who picks. I would prefer to play every single game now so we will just have to wait and see.”

Karius was a spectator for long periods against West Brom as Liverpool battled in vain to break down Alan Pardew's side.

“It was very frustrating,” he said.

“They did a good job, their game plan was just to sit back. We could have done better in the first half. We did a bit better in the second but it was not enough. We didn't create that much in general.

“You need to score a goal so they open up and then it is a better game for us. But when they have 11 men behind the ball you just have to focus on the counter-attack. At least we kept a clean sheet which is probably the only positive.”

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Back-to-back stalemates with Everton and West Brom have dented momentum after the emphatic wins over Stoke, Brighton and Spartak Moscow.

Much has been made about Klopp's rotation policy with another six changes for the dour draw with the Baggies.

However, Karius doesn't believe that chopping and changing is to blame for the Reds' recent wobble.

“I think if you look at the starting XI that is pretty much a starting XI which has played together before,” he said.

“It is not as if there are six new young players coming in – we are all professionals and have played a bunch of games so there is no excuse.

“The manager picks the strongest team and the fittest one and I think it was a very strong team.

“We have dropped points but we still believe in our ability. We did when we played well and we do when we drop points.

“It is a long season and there are so many games to play and so many points to get so I feel other teams will drop points too.

“We saw it with Tottenham recently and the only team flying completely right now is Man City.

"I am still confident in us. We just have to focus on the next one and get the points there.”