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Liverpool FC news: Conceding two penalties in a match 'very hard to accept', says Jurgen Klopp

A grumpy Jurgen Klopp apologised for his mood after seeing Liverpool twice squander the lead to draw at Sunderland as Jermain Defoe struck twice from the penalty spot.

The Reds boss accepted that referee Anthony Taylor had got both spot-kick decisions right, but insisted the free-kick which led to the second six minutes from time should not have been awarded.

Klopp said: "We scored the second goal, felt good, [it] felt deserved, then I would say no foul, but a free-kick. I have seen it again and there was no contact. Then handball, 2-2, that's how it is.