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The French became the first referee to referee a major match in Europe. Liverpool beat Chelsea 5 to 4 on penalties after an entertaining clash that ended 2-2 after overtime.
Frappart, who led the Women's World Cup final in July, was supported by a team of women-only assistants: France's Manuela Nicolosi and Britain's Michelle O Neill of the Republic of Ireland.
"After the match, I told the referee team that if we had played as they whistled, we would have won 6-0," Klopp said on the Liverpool official website. "It was my absolute opinion, they played a brilliant match.
"I also told him that I'm not happy with the penalty decision because I'm still not sure if it's a penalty, but it's more important."
The German coach was referring to the fine imposed on Chelsea for a foul on striker Tammy Abraham, who allowed Jorginho to tie the game in the 101st minute.
In the only controversial moment of the match, Liverpool goalkeeper Adrian admitted that he "had touched him" but believed that "Abraham" was looking for "the penalty."
"They were really good," added Klopp. "Whatever you thought before the match, there was tremendous pressure on them with a historic moment.
"Staying alone, staying calm and doing what you have to do, deciding on very important things in a very difficult and intense game, I could not have more respect, to be honest, it was really a brilliant performance. "
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