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''Jurgen Klopp Label West Brom's late comeback as a complete waste of point''

Klopp was clearly unhappy following the game, having named a strong line-up in an effort to maintain momentum ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League semi-final first leg against Roma.

Goals by Danny Ings, his first in 930 days, and Mohamed Salah's Premier League record equaling 31st of the season sent Liverpool two goals clear and seemingly cruising towards three points, but the Baggies hit back with goals by Jake Livermore and late equaliser from Salomon Rondon to continue their improvement under caretaker manager Darren Moore, despite their impending relegation which could be sealed on Sunday.

The point did little for the Baggies' chances of survival such is their deficit with three matches to go. They could still be relegated by Sunday, but a win for Liverpool would have left them needing one more victory to guarantee Champions League football.

"Useless comeback," was Klopp's assessment of West Brom's late recovery.      

"I don't think that point will help West Brom massively, it is a complete waste of points, they don't need it, we would have needed it.     

"They are happy now, we are not happy. We stay in the league, they don't stay in the league - it is a strange situation."

“I know what people will think about it if I say it, but the pitch got drier and drier, which is not an advantage for the football-playing side,” said Klopp.

 “You could see that with the second chance Danny had.

“I’m a big football fan. You have to try to do everything to make the best circumstances for all the boys to deliver. But we let the home team decide whether they water the pitch or not. It’s not just for football but also it is dangerous for injuries if the pitch is dry.''


''A hundred per cent, I wouldn’t have said anything about that if we had won but this is all what I see during the game.”


Moore defending the surface, and insisted West Brom had not deliberately left the pitch under-watered.

“It wasn’t a ploy,” he said. “It was a really hot day today. I was so engrossed in the game in terms of preparation my focus wasn’t about the pitch, it was about getting a team together to play against an excellent team.”

Klopp was frustrated with the referee Stuart Attwell, who turned down a penalty shout from Ings and missed Ahmed Hegazi punch the striker in the stomach, and the manger added that it was a “strange situation” to concede points to a team who he said didn’t need them.

“Was it a penalty? Yes. Hegazi on Ings is a red card? Yes. I think the same, we agree. So you can see it, I can see it, but that’s not important. All that is important is what the three or four gentlemen with the whistles think.

“If you play a Premier League where only set-pieces are allowed, West Brom for sure would not be going to the Championship.