Jurgen Klopp criticises Liverpool players' reaction after what happened before half time at West Ham

Jurgen Klopp admits his Liverpool players showed clear signs of being affected by their goalscoring problems as their Premier League title hopes were effectively extinguished.

The Reds were held to a 2-2 draw at West Ham United on Saturday afternoon to fall further behind in the battle with leaders Arsenal and champions Manchester City.

Andy Robertson and an Alphonse Areola own goal had cancelled out Jarrod Bowen’s first-half opener only for Michail Antonio to head an equaliser for the Hammers with 13 minutes remaining.

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Liverpool had wasted several decent chances in the first half and Klopp was unimpressed with the reaction of his team at opportunities being spurned.

“At half-time the one thing I didn’t like is how we dealt with the chances we missed, a bit of throwing arms and things like this,” said the Reds boss. “It makes no sense because it feels like we cannot constantly carry it with us that we didn’t score for a while or individuals didn’t score for a while.

“We just tried to ignore it for once, and coming out and scoring early (in the second half) helped obviously. Was still a really good game, super controlled, more intense now, caused West Ham massive problems.

“Intense spell for the boys, 10 games in four days and last one today. First half dominated, good game, not the highest intensity which happens quite frequently when you have these intense periods. You need to get the legs going.

“We created, were super dominant and conceded first anyway from a corner, not great.

“If there would have been a deserved winner today it could only have been Liverpool but