Ten-man Chelsea survived a strong second half from Liverpool to leave Anfield with one point on Saturday, securing a 1-1 draw despite Reece James being sent off.
Kai Havertz opened the scoring for Thomas Tuchel before Mohamed Salah converted the penalty at the end of the first half.
James hit a corner in the Liverpool box on 22 minutes, which Havertz threw into the net for the opening goal of the match.
However, Chelsea were left on the back foot three minutes into extra time at the end of the first half when James handled the ball over the line after a Sadio Mane shot.
Referee Anthony Taylor consulted VAR & the 21-year-old was sent off to block his chance of scoring a goal.
Tuchel said after the match, "Red card - I'm not even more sure if this is the rule. You have to accept the decision. He might have changed his mind with the moving pictures."
"In the end it might have stayed the same. I don't like opening red cards in general because it spoils the game. In the end it was a tough & tough fight. We showed a lot of resilience & deserved the point.
"We decided to stay in the last five. We wanted to be active & make it difficult to create chances. The first 10 minutes seemed endless. The last five minutes I was really praying we'd take what we wanted. This Had a tough & tough, but very strong second half defensively."
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was also not sure that James deserved to be sent off for the incident.
"I never liked double punishment, but if anyone ever listened to me about a rule change or rules, a lot of things would look completely different," Klopp said.
"It was absolutely harsh. Spoils the game? Yeah maybe. It changed everything, I liked our first half, we were really good, that caused a lot of problems for Chelsea. It was an incredibly intense game from Chelsea as well. Was.
"I would have liked to watch the game in an 11 versus 11 situation & see who comes out better but that's the way it is."
A fiery exchange took place between the two sides after Edouard Mendy & Antonio Rudiger both received yellow cards.
In the second half, Liverpool took possession but could not score the winning goal.
"Everything was pleasant except for the result. I saw two very good football teams. It was a great first half from our side & a really good second because it's so difficult when you play against nine defenders & you have to build & build." Happens," Klopp said.
"The other half everyone thinks is 'Come on.' There's a definite advantage in possession, you have to outnumber them & defend them really high, but the defensive structure changes in that they're only defending a little deeper, but they have that much space around the box. There are eight players defending the field, so we can't use that.
"We had our shots from afar, I would have liked to have been a little closer for the rebound but it was a good game."