Brendan Rodgers has insisted that his Liverpool should be through to the FA Cup Sixth Round at the expense of Arsenal.
The Gunners came out on top at the Emirates Stadium, beating the visitors 2-1 in frenetic game.
But Rodgers believes his side were denied a blatant penalty, when Luis Suarez seemed to have been taken out by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in the box.
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Goals from Oxlade-Chamberlain and Lukas Podolski had put Arsenal on their way to victory, before Suarez was felled in the box, leading to Steven Gerrard halving the deficit.
But Rodgers doesn't think that should have affected Howard Webb's decision.
'We are bitterly disappointed not to get a blatant penalty. It’s more clear than the first one,' Rodgers told BT Sport after the game.
'First one Luis [Suarez] gets clipped. Second one was clear but I’m not sure if it was because it was just after that. Luis got the ball and Alex has clipped him straight after that, it was a strange decision.'
Coming off the back of two straight victories, one a 5-1 win against Arsenal at Anfield last Saturday, Liverpool started strongly.
And Rodgers said that they should have been out of sight in the opening period.
'The best team lost, we deserved at least a replay. It should have been 2-0 in the first 6-7 mins.'
Arsenal will host Everton in the next round, after they saw off the challenge of Swansea at Goodison Park earlier in the day.
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