Jurgen Klopp admitted his Liverpool side did not deserve to beat West Ham on Monday evening. The Reds dropped points for consecutive matches after being held to a 1-1 draw by Manuel Pellegrini’s Hammers. Sadio Mane put Liverpool ahead on 22 minutes with a goal that should have been disallowed for offside. Michail Antonio equalised for West Ham six minutes later.
Speaking after the match, Klopp said: ‘It was a tough game. Apparently our goal was offside and maybe the referee knew that in the second half. ‘It’s a point and it’s a fair point. ‘Probably all the reports are already written without me saying anything, I didn’t see anything about pressure that you can ask in the next few questions. ‘We struggled most with the set-pieces. We had ups and downs. At the end we were up again. Now we take the point and carry on.
We lost balls in different moments. It’s a deep defending side and we have to cope with that and create.’ West Ham manager Manuel Pellegrini added: ‘We had a lot of chances to win this game. We drew because they scored a clearly offside goal. ‘The last play of the game, Origi missed that goal. He was offside. It was a big mistake from the linesman. ‘Playing against a team who have scored so many goals with the best defence in the league, I’m happy with the performance but disappointed with the result.
