Blackpool reduced the arrears in the second period through Gary Taylor - Fletcher's though it could and perhaps should have gotten even better for the Seasiders, as the home side carved out numerous opportunities and had several decent
shouts for a penalty turned down by the referee.
Wenger made some changes and we huffed and puffed but even though we hit the woodwork a couple of times and had a
late shout for a penalty, we just were not good enough.
Mustafi had a
great shout for a penalty turned down by the referee John Moss and while you can not really com - plain about the red card he was wrong on that penalty and also gave seven minutes of injury time for some reason.
The Blues were rocking after missing a chance at one end and seeing Arsenal come back up the other end and have a good
shout for a penalty denied.
Five minutes before the break and United had a
second shout for a penalty as the defender Delaney clearly handled a Rooney effort but referee Oliver wasn't interested this time.
In actual fact, Amkar will be disappointed to have failed to win the game as they missed some easy chances and had a strong
shout for a penalty in the latter stages of the game.
And there was no let - up from the forward, who, late in the second half, had one
shout for a penalty turned down for a foul by Lascelles.
There were
shouts for a penalty after some argy - bargy between Lallana and Payet in the box, but despite piling on the pressure, Klopp's side went into the tunnel a goal down at halftime.
Juraj Kucka thought he had
a shout for a penalty but was denied, before Antonio Candreva gave the Nerazzurri the lead.
In the second half, the defending Premier League champions looked set to flex their muscles, with Aguero close from a tight angle, then seeing
a shout for a penalty turned down with Koscielny beaten.
There were
shouts for a penalty a few minutes from time as Salah went down in the box with a Firmino cross sailing overhead, but the replay revealed that nothing untoward had occurred.