West Ham 1-1 Liverpool: Klopp evokes biased tradeoffs in the Premier League draw

Jurgen Klopp said the officials in the 1-1 draw of Liverpool against the Premier League in West Ham were trying to make up for a bad mistake in the first half.

Liverpool's opening goal at London Stadium on Monday, converted by Sadio Mane, should have been denied for offside against James Milner during preparation.

Michail Antonio equalized in six minutes, but Liverpool almost seized a controversial winner, replacing Divock Origi shooting Lukasz Fabianski in injury time. The offside flag was again badly maintained.

Klopp was clearly frustrated at the whistle and had lively discussions with his West Ham counterpart, Manuel Pellegrini, and match officials, led by referee Kevin Friend, before going down the tunnel.

And Klopp hinted that he thought Friend had attempted to rectify the decision made earlier by his badistant to let Mane's goal take a stand by making decisions against the Reds.

"It was a difficult match, you saw the whole game, we knew about the routine, but when we trained, we had three other players on the team," Klopp said. BBC Sport.

"Apparently, our goal was offside and maybe the referee knew it 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 did not see anything about pressure that you can ask in the next questions.

"We had the most difficulty with the stops, we had ups and downs. end we were still standing. Now we take the point and continue. We lost balls at different times. It's a deeply defensive team and we have to face that and create. "

Asked to explain further his confrontation with officials, Klopp said Sky sports: "I was really calm. [Friend] says we do not talk at all.

"There were so many situations where he was 50-50 or 60-40 … [he gave a] free kick for the other team. As a human being, I know that if I make a big mistake in the first period, I do not want to dig further apart. "

Pellegrini also criticized the refereeing decisions during the match, saying West Ham could have taken the three points.

"We had a lot of chances to win this game, we drew because they scored an offside goal," Pellegrini said. BBC Sport.

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"In the last game of the match, Origi missed this goal and he was offside." It was a big mistake for the linesman.

"Playing against a team that has scored so many goals with the best defense in the league, I'm happy with the performance but disappointed with the result.

"We need to progress and be more consistent in our game, no matter who we play against."