Jurgen Klopp believes Dominic Solanke's disallowed goal in Liverpool's goalless draw with West Bromwich Albion on Wednesday night was another example of his side not being on the receiving end of good fortune from refereeing decisions.

Liverpool were held to a draw at Anfield for the second game in a row as Alan Pardew's defensive side limited the Reds to just a handful of clear-cut chances.

Second-half substitute Solanke thought he had netted his first Liverpool goal to win the match eight minutes from time, until the referee's assistant ruled it out for handball.

"For me it's twice deflected and I'm still not sure if the hand was at the ball or not. For me, it looks like chest," Klopp told his postmatch news conference. "In the game it looked 100 percent like chest. Afterwards when I had a few replays, yeah there's an arm, but I'm not sure if it touches the ball.

"Is it a penalty in the other box? I'm not sure. It's not on purpose, for sure not.

"I think it was the assistant that made the decision. He will be happy probably if there was a hand involved.

"That's another moment where we had no luck, for sure. If he doesn't see it or was not as sure as he obviously was then it's a goal and that's it."

On the game itself, Klopp added: "It was not a game for 20 chances, but I think we had seven [or] eight. We all know the boys usually score in the moments like this.

"Obviously it was not a night for 3-0, 4-0 or 5-0. If you don't score early, that was clear. We were ready to work hard for this one moment, but it didn't happen so that's what we now have to accept. If you don't score in football, you always have to accept the result."

LIVERPOOL -- Jurgen Klopp believes Dominic Solanke's disallowed goal in Liverpool's goalless draw with West Bromwich Albion on Wednesday night was another example of his side not being on the receiving end of good fortune from refereeing decisions.

Liverpool were held to a draw at Anfield for the second game in a row as Alan Pardew's defensive side limited the Reds to just a handful of clear-cut chances.

Second-half substitute Solanke thought he had netted his first Liverpool goal to win the match eight minutes from time, until the referee's assistant ruled it out for handball.

"For me it's twice deflected and I'm still not sure if the hand was at the ball or not. For me, it looks like chest," Klopp told his postmatch news conference. "In the game it looked 100 percent like chest. Afterwards when I had a few replays, yeah there's an arm, but I'm not sure if it touches the ball.

"Is it a penalty in the other box? I'm not sure. It's not on purpose, for sure not.

"I think it was the assistant that made the decision. He will be happy probably if there was a hand involved.

"That's another moment where we had no luck, for sure. If he doesn't see it or was not as sure as he obviously was then it's a goal and that's it."

On the game itself, Klopp added: "It was not a game for 20 chances, but I think we had seven [or] eight. We all know the boys usually score in the moments like this.

"Obviously it was not a night for 3-0, 4-0 or 5-0. If you don't score early, that was clear. We were ready to work hard for this one moment, but it didn't happen so that's what we now have to accept. If you don't score in football, you always have to accept the result."

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courtesy of ESPNFC

by Glenn Price

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