Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said he would take the positives from his side's 1-1 draw with Chelsea despite the disappointment of conceding a freak 85th-minute equaliser.
Mohamed Salah's goal against his former club looked set to restore Liverpool to winning ways after their calamitous 3-3 draw against Sevilla, only for Willian's mishit cross to earn Chelsea a point.
Liverpool remain fifth and will fall 14 points off the pace in the Premier League if Manchester City we would be crazy," said Klopp, whise side had let a 3-0 lead slip against Sevilla in mid-week.
"How can we get Manchester City? We have to win games, but if they go on winning all their games, we can do whatever we want.
"I'm happy about big parts of the performance. I'm really proud of the attitude. Everything was good until Willian crossed the ball.
"The world is in a strange, crazy place at the moment and there are much more important, crazy things that are happening. I can easily live with a point against Chelsea."
Willian struck two minutes after coming on for Davide Zapacosta, drifting across the box from left to right before lifting a cross towards the back post that dropped beneath the crossbar.
Klopp had been trying to send on the fit-again Adam Lallana in order to change to a back three and said he was mystified by referee Michael Oliver's initial refusal to allow the change to take place.
"In my mind, Ragnar Klavan would have been in exactly the position where Willian crossed the ball," Klopp said.
Klopp said Chelsea had played more defensively than he had expected and summarized their approach as: "Deep defending and giving the ball to Eden Hazard."
But Chelsea manager Antonio Conte felt his team had "dominated" the second half and said Liverpool's goal - tucked away by Salah following a loose touch by Tiemoue Bakayoko - had also been fortunate.
Asked if Willian's lob had been deliberate, Conte smiled and said: "It's not important. It was important to score.
"But at the same time I think that we conceded the first goal in an unlucky way.
The result kept Chelsea in third place, but they now trail second-place Manchester United by three points and will fall 11 points behind City if Pep Guardiola's side prevail at Huddersfield.
Tom Williams
Agence France-Presse/Liverpool
Mohamed Salah's goal against his former club looked set to restore Liverpool to winning ways after their calamitous 3-3 draw against Sevilla, only for Willian's mishit cross to earn Chelsea a point.
Liverpool remain fifth and will fall 14 points off the pace in the Premier League if Manchester City we would be crazy," said Klopp, whise side had let a 3-0 lead slip against Sevilla in mid-week.
"How can we get Manchester City? We have to win games, but if they go on winning all their games, we can do whatever we want.
"I'm happy about big parts of the performance. I'm really proud of the attitude. Everything was good until Willian crossed the ball.
"The world is in a strange, crazy place at the moment and there are much more important, crazy things that are happening. I can easily live with a point against Chelsea."
Willian struck two minutes after coming on for Davide Zapacosta, drifting across the box from left to right before lifting a cross towards the back post that dropped beneath the crossbar.
Klopp had been trying to send on the fit-again Adam Lallana in order to change to a back three and said he was mystified by referee Michael Oliver's initial refusal to allow the change to take place.
"In my mind, Ragnar Klavan would have been in exactly the position where Willian crossed the ball," Klopp said.
Klopp said Chelsea had played more defensively than he had expected and summarized their approach as: "Deep defending and giving the ball to Eden Hazard."
But Chelsea manager Antonio Conte felt his team had "dominated" the second half and said Liverpool's goal - tucked away by Salah following a loose touch by Tiemoue Bakayoko - had also been fortunate.
Asked if Willian's lob had been deliberate, Conte smiled and said: "It's not important. It was important to score.
"But at the same time I think that we conceded the first goal in an unlucky way.
The result kept Chelsea in third place, but they now trail second-place Manchester United by three points and will fall 11 points behind City if Pep Guardiola's side prevail at Huddersfield.
Tom Williams
Agence France-Presse/Liverpool
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