Martin Odegaard seemed to handle the ball in the area during Liverpool’s match against Arsenal at the top of the table, and the Reds were incensed that they were not awarded a penalty.

After Gabriel’s incredible header put the Gunners ahead, Mohamed Salah’s incredible strike later gave the Reds an equalizer. However, the hosts had a strong argument for a penalty that referee Chris Kavanagh rejected before Salah scored.

Salah touched down and turned to enter the area, Martin Odegaard, the captain of the Gunners, marking him. Odegaard, however, slid as the ball passed the Norwegian and seemed to lunge out at the ball to regain his equilibrium.

After reviewing the situation and deciding that a spot-kick should not be granted, Kavanagh dismissed the calls for a penalty. The ruling confused Klopp, who maintained that Kavanagh and Coote were incorrect.

“The penalty situation is strange; you look at it and I’m not sure how you can say it’s not a penalty. I’m not sure whether the referee can see it. He remarked, “I’m pretty sure someone will explain to me why it wasn’t a handball, but I’m not sure how.”

Since I don’t know where the referee was at the time, I can’t say if he can see it. However, that’s a different query. How can someone who sits in an office not decide that it could be worthwhile to take another look at it?”

Later, the PGMOL informed Sky Sports that Odegaard’s arm was “moving towards his body and not the ball,” which was why there had been no penalty call. Despite that justification, legendary Liverpool player Jamie Carragher concurred with Klopp, stating that Odegaard was “fortunate”.

Other than that, Klopp was happy with his team’s performance against the table toppers. The Liverpool manager also acknowledged that his team had the opportunity to win a big game that would have propelled them to the top.

“I recently witnessed a fantastic, exciting football match between two elite teams. Best times ever for us; we may have won, perhaps we ought to have won. Trent’s [shot off the] crossbar was something I absolutely forgot in every interview I’ve done so far,” he remarked.

“I’m not sure, they could have [won], but we should have won the game with that opportunity, which is why I said. Apart from that, we made a huge comeback in the game, but they got off to a stronger start.

“The response after the 1-0 was outstanding. We were almost too intense; we made a great effort to persuade those outside of us that we needed to lighten up a little bit and vary things up a bit. We achieved that and used it to create some truly memorable moments.

A fantastic goal was scored; it may have been the nicest pass I have ever seen. A handful were visible to me. We got off to a great start in the second half. They are impressively skilled and powerful in every position, I must say. The football team is good. Thank God, it’s a 1-1 because we are too.