Jurgen Klopp admits the performance for his first victory as Liverpool manager was not very different from his previous three draws but he was more than happy to finally get off the mark.
Defender Nathaniel Clyne scored the only goal in the 17th minute to beat Bournemouth 1-0 and set up a Capital One Cup quarter-final tie away at Southampton.
Anfield celebrated the win with gusto, even if Klopp said there was little difference from what he had seen before.
"I feel much better than after a draw - but I don't think the other games were so much worse than today, the result is the biggest difference," he said.
"We did well tonight as we did not have too much time for training between the games - we had only one hour training with this new team and system.
"Minute-by-minute we got better and for the whole 90 minutes we played football.
"I am satisfied, the boys did really well."
