Chelsea interim boss Calum McFarlane felt his side should have been awarded a penalty at Anfield
Calum McFarlane manager of Chelsea applauds the fans after the Premier League match between Liverpool and Chelsea (Photo by Gaspafotos/MB Media/Getty Images)
Calum McFarlane manager of Chelsea applauds the fans after the Premier League match between Liverpool and Chelsea (Photo by Gaspafotos/MB Media/Getty Images)
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Chelsea interim boss Calum McFarlane is adamant his side were denied "a clear penalty" as they ended a run of six successive losses with a draw at Liverpool.
Enzo Fernandez equalised an early Ryan Gravenberch opener to earn the Londoners a 1-1 Premier League draw during a dismal encounter on Saturday afternoon.
Despite the lack of quality, both teams had goals disallowed in the second half and Liverpool twice struck the woodwork through Dominik Szoboszlai and Virgil van Dijk.
And McFarlane was convinced a VAR check should have seen Jeremie Frimpong penalised for a foul on Joao Pedro inside the area that was initially waved away by referee Craig Pawson.
"I think that's a clear penalty," he said. "Arguably we could have come away with three points.
"It was nice to have a good complete performance but when you come to these places it's very difficult.
"It could have gone either way at certain moments in the game, really. Probably being a little bit biased, we could have won the game. Enzo had a chance in the first half while Cucurella was getting into some good positions.
"We had another marginal offside call (for the disallowed goal) and another marginal penalty call.
"This club needs to win games of football and we haven't done that."
McFarlane also had praise for former Liverpool target Levi Colwill, who made his first start of the season after long-term injury and has put himself in the frame for next weekend's FA Cup final against Manchester City.
"There were a lot of good performances and I was really pleased with Levi," he said. "To play 90 minutes here after so long out, it shows his level of talent and quality and his mentality.
"I thought it was a really good performance. He is in my thoughts for the FA Cup final."