Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez hit out at the officials for the amount of second-half stoppage-time that allowed Chelsea's last-gasp equaliser at Anfield.

The Blues were heading for a 1-0 defeat thanks to Dirk Kuyt's 43rd-minute goal but John Arne Riise nodded a Salomon Kalou cross into his own net in the 95th minute.

"At the end, you must be really disappointed," Benitez said. "One minute in the first half, four minutes in the second half."

The Spaniard insisted Liverpool would have been deserved winners, adding: "We had the better chances."

Of the prospect facing his side at Stamford Bridge, he said: "We know we must play 90 minutes. The team today was working really hard, especially creating chances, and we must do the same away."

Frank Lampard insisted Chelsea deserved the fortunate equalizer: "I think we deserved definitely to get the draw at the end  They had chances, we had chances.

"It was a battle and we carried on to the end."